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   goon

   /ɡuːn/

   noun

   • 1. a stupid, foolish, or eccentric person: "I don't want to deal with Jack today, he's such a goon"
   • 2. a violent, aggressive person who is hired to intimidate or harm people: North American "he hired goons to hunt down supporters"
   • 3. a guard in a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. British

   Word Origin mid 19th century: perhaps from dialect gooney ‘booby’; influenced by the subhuman cartoon character ‘Alice the Goon’, created by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist.

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • G

     2

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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