English Explanatory Dictionary

Faginesque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling or characteristic of Fagin in Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838), a criminal who trains children as pickpockets.

Word forms

Faginesque more Faginesque most Faginesque

Etymology

From Fagin + -esque.

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