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Goner

//ˈɡɒnə(ɹ)// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon. informal

    "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work."

  2. 2
    a person in desperate straits; someone doomed wordnet
  3. 3
    A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run. slang

Etymology

From gone + -er. First attestations around 1850.

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