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Definition of Goner
1. Noun. A person in desperate straits; someone doomed. "One mistake and you're toast"
Definition of Goner
1. Noun. Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goner
1. one who is in a hopeless situation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goner
Literary usage of Goner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Many thought it was a goner anyhow.—San Francisco Call, April 10. 1857 Two or
three times I made up my mind that I was a goner. —SH Hammond, ' Wild Northern ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1879)
"Whereas, It is proper that the goner»! Assembly of South Carolina, now in session
convened, express its opinion on these questions of vital importance ..."
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