nogoodnik

noun Slang.

a no-good person.

Also, no·good·nik.

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; no-good + -nik

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no-goodnik definition

[noˈgʊdnɪk]

n.
someone who is no good. (The nik is from Russian via Yiddish.) : Tell the no-goodnik to leave quietly, or I will call the police.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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