shonk

See also: Shonk

English

Etymology

Perhaps related to shonicker.[1]

Noun

shonk (plural shonks)

  1. (Australia) Alternative form of shonky (“a dishonest person”).
  2. (offensive, ethnic slur, dated) A Jew.
    • 1943, Richard Llewellyn, None But The Lonely Heart, MacMillan, page 428:
      “Did you know? A Sheeny. One of them blokes you can’t seem to like. A Shonk. A Yid. One of Mr Nathan’s crew. Same family as Ike Buzgang. A Non Skid. Did you know? Funny, ain’t it?”
  3. (humorous) A shark. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

References

  1. ^ “shonk n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.