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King Kong|ˈkɪŋˈkɒŋ|
[Name of the ape-like monster featured in the film King Kong (1933).]
a. Used as a nickname for anyone of outstanding size or strength. (In quot. 1966 used ironically.)
1955E. Waugh Officers & Gentlemen i. vi. 62 He looks like a gorilla. They..sent him here to teach us to climb. We call him King Kong. 1966‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 59 King Kong, derisory name for a weedy, undersized individual. 1970M. Kelly Spinifex vi. 103 ‘What about King Kong?’..‘He's just an honest murderer.’ 1970K. Platt Pushbutton Butterfly (1971) xi. 123 ‘He looked like a big ape.’..‘Make it a gorilla... That way we can pin it on King Kong.’ 1974Guardian 23 Aug. 8/4 Finn MacCool was a legendary Irish giant, a King Kong with a generous heart.
b. Cheap alcohol. slang.
1946Mezzrow & Wolfe Really Blues 357/2 King Kong, cheap moonshine, corn whisky. 1950H. E. Goldin Dict. Amer. Underworld Lingo 117/1 King Kong, (South) a potent drink made from the skimmings of boiling sugar cane. |