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goniff

n. (alternative form of gonoph English)

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goniff

n. (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) [syn: gonif, ganef, ganof]

Usage examples of "goniff".

Marvin is your goniff brother who is serving six to ten for passing bogus bills.

A society goniff who reported the comings and goings of the heeled for a rotten two percent.

These goniffs have got some smut pictures of her, from before I bought her contract.

He was intimate with cracksmen and fences, magsmen, goniffs, and shofulmen, the swell mob, the fancy sportsmen and sporting houses, the citadels of the underworld.