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eel noun- an untrustworthy or otherwise despicable person UK
Adapting the “slippery character” sense to more general derogatory usage; possibly, also, a disguised reference to a HEEL - He’s just a eel. He’s a out-and-out shitbag that preys on old ladies and defenceless schoolboys. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 95, 2001
- a spy or informer US
- — American Speech, p. 98, May 1956: “Smugglers’ argot in the Southwest”
- the penis US, 1968
From a perceived resemblance. - — J.E. Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, p. 697, 1994
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