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goner
noun- someone who has died or is unavoidably doomed to die very soon UK, 1847
From “gone” as a euphemism for “dead”. - Syphilis Joe will be a goner by this time. — Geoffrey Fletcher, Down Among the Meths Men, p. 15, 1966
- Strike me lucky, I reckon I’m a gonna!!! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- “Fuck. I think this one’s a gonner,” was the Sergeant’s verdict[.] — Donald Gorgon, Cop Killer, p. 8, 1994
- someone who is doomed to failure US
- That does it. The goddamn F.B.I. We’re goners. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 159, 1970
- a person who excels US
- They were all good records: Frankie Laine, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstein, all gone, good singers. They were goners. — Hal Ellson, Duke, p. 105, 1949
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