Gurrier vs Scanger - What's the difference?
gurrier | scanger | Synonyms |
(slang, Ireland, pejorative) spiv, rascal; lout, ruffian; street urchin
* [1954] 1967 : transcript of 's libel action; reprinted in Collected pruse , MacGibbon & Kee, p.172:
* 1966 , Seamus De Burca, The Irish digest, Vol. 86 , p.25:
* 29 November, 1967 ,
* [1970] 2001 , ,
* 1980 , Padraic O'Farrell, How the Irish speak English , Mercier Press, p.22:
* 1983 , , Dublin , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192141244, p.3:
* 1994 , , The secret world of the Irish male , ISBN 1874597146, p.149:
* 1998 , Kevin Corrigan Kearns, Dublin voices: an oral folk history , p.201:
* 31 January, 2002 , ,
(Ireland, pejorative) A person who is associated with petty criminality and who is seen as strongly identified with brand names in music, clothing, sport, vehicles, and so forth.
Gurrier is a synonym of scanger.
As nouns the difference between gurrier and scanger
is that gurrier is (slang|ireland|pejorative) spiv, rascal; lout, ruffian; street urchin while scanger is (ireland|pejorative) a person who is associated with petty criminality and who is seen as strongly identified with brand names in music, clothing, sport, vehicles, and so forth.gurrier
English
Noun
(en noun)- "At the beginning of our encounter I want a definition. What is a gurrier? —It is a euphemism for the word 'gutter'.
At all events it is part of your verbal currency? —It is not. It is currency in Dublin."
- 'The Garda sergeant wanted to know the distinction between a Gouger and a Gurrier. Mr. Howard, who was a true-blue Dubliner, supplied the answer: "A Gurrier is a little man cut short, a mickey dazzler. He cuts a dash among the girls and is always willing and able to strike a blow for a pal. But our Gurrier, unlike the Gouger, never gets into trouble with the police."'
Committee on Finance. - Vote 6—Office of the Minister for Finance (Resumed)., Dáil Éireann - Vol.231,col.1076:
- : You are wrong on both counts and I do not resent the title “gurrier” at all.
A Pagan Place, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 0618126902, p.121:
- "She said the gentleman in question was nothing but a gurrier. She went into details over his garb and his accent. He wore a blazer with brass buttons and his trousers were gray flannel. He was the sporting type. His accent she said had to be heard to be believed, likewise his impertinence. She called him a pup. Then she said gurrier. Then she reverted to pup."
- "A 'gouger', 'gurrier', 'cowboy' or 'gink' is a bad type of fellow."
- "People from other parts of Ireland refer to Dubliners as Jackeens or Gurriers. Jackeen in the city always meant a cunning, loudmouthed, ignorant youth: while Gurrier was a term of approbation. In the Thirties and Forties to be a Great Little Gurrier was to be a bosom friend, a fine fellow, a taproom companion: but today it has been debased and is the equivalent of a bowsey or a gouger."
- "The old man told me that was nothing but a dirty little pup who had never done a decent day's work in his life, a dirty little gurrier who had run Ireland down for money"
- "A gurrier means a fella that was rough and tough and would pick a fight quite easily and his language wasn't the best"
Private Members' Business. - Crime Levels: Motion Resumed., Dáil Éireann - Vol.547,col.870:
- "Some weeks ago I was a victim of crime within 150 yards of the gates of . I was approached or set upon by a little gurrier with a syringe."