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mean
adjective- excellent US, 1919
- The message to “Squaresville” (where nobody exact possibly adults live) is that Frankie[Avalon] is “real mean, man” (very good). — Look, p. 49, 24 November 1959
- — Robert George Reisner, The Jazz Titans, 1960
- — Time, p. 56, 1 January 1965: “Students: The slang bag”
- “How do you lack my crib, man?” “It’s mean, Bart.” — Charles W. Moore, A Brick for Mister Jones, p. 112, 1975
- very stingy CANADA
- Another was so mean he wouldn’t pay a dime to see the Statue of Liberty piss. — Harry Bruce, p. 108, 1988
▶ so mean he wouldn’t shit away from home
used for expressing a high degree of stinginess and bad temper CANADA- A third – my nomination as the heavyweight champion of meanness – was so mean he wouldn’t shit away from home. — Harry Bruce, Down Home, p. 108, 1988
▶ mean as black cat shit
used for expressing a high degree of stinginess CANADA- As easily as if he were offering another shot of rum, he said one fellow was as mean as black cat shit. — Harry Bruce, Down Home, 1988
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