Trosseno

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bad obsolete

    "Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar style. One man takes the pipe from his mouth and says, "Bill made a doogheno hit this morning." "Jem," says another, to a man just entering, "you'll stand a top o' reeb?" "On," answers Jem, "I've had a trosseno tol, and have been doing dab.""

Noun
  1. 1
    Something or someone bad. obsolete

    "They looked at the court where he had disappeared, then at one another, and at last burst out into one expression of disgust. "There's a scurf!" said one; "He's a regular scab," cried another; and a coster declared that he was "a trosseno, and no mistake.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back slang for one sort.

Etymology 2

Back slang for one sort.

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