chancer

English

Etymology

From chance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːn.sə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnsə(ɹ)

Noun

chancer (plural chancers)

  1. (UK, Ireland, slang) A scheming opportunist.
    • 2018 June 6, Peter Crawley, “Get Shorty: Chris O’Dowd as a chewed-up, charming chancer”, in Irish Times‎[1], retrieved 29 August 2022:
      Actually, that's exactly what O'Dowd is doing in Get Shorty, presenting a taciturn thug with chewed up charm, a chancer pitching a movie in Hollywood.
    • 2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’”, in The Guardian‎[2], →ISSN:
      From then on, Emin became fixed in many minds as the drunken chancer who boasted about her promiscuity and called it art.

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Danish

Noun

chancer c

  1. indefinite plural of chance
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