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English
Etymology
Back slang for one good or good one.
Noun
doogheno
- (obsolete, costermongers) Something or someone good.
2012, Anthony Quinn, The Streets, →ISBN, page 196:Some sound of dismay must have escaped my lips, for Jo narrowed his eyes on me. 'Doogheno or dabheno?' he asked in a low voice, unable to diagnose it for himself.
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doogheno (comparative more doogheno, superlative most doogheno)
- (obsolete, costermongers) Good
1851, Henry Mayhew, “Habits and Amusements of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 11:Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar style. One man takes the pipe from his mouth and says, "Bill made a doogheno hit this morning." "Jem," says another, to a man just entering, "you'll stand a top o' reeb?" "On," answers Jem, "I've had a trosseno tol, and have been doing dab."
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