chancer

English

Etymology

From chance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɑːn.sə(ɹ)/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• 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.

Anagrams

• chancre

Danish

Noun

chancer c

1. indefinite plural of chance