mameluke
Word-form referencesMameluke
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈmamɪl(j)uːk/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈmæməˌluk/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
A fool.
Usage- Derogatory
- Slang
- Examples
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Kabikov: “Hey, I’m setting a mood.” Mad Sal: “I’ll mood you, you mameluke.
More examples (2)
My goddamn son-in-law, my right-hand man, acting like a fucking mameluke in front of all those people.” “Maybe he acted that way on purpose,” Tozzi said, “To make you think he was a mameluke.” “He was a mameluke!”
“I’m saying there are some asshole cops who take their ‘collar’ out to the desert and bury him. […] There is nothing I would enjoy more than to put that mameluke Mikey Esposito in the ground . . . but that’s not going to happen.”
Word forms
mamelukes