gonif
/ˈɡɒnɪf
/(also goniff)
noun North American informal
A disreputable or dishonest person (often used as a general term of abuse): my father thinks the whole world is a bunch of gonifs...
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale is told as a first person narrative by Harry Bogen, schnorrer extraordinaire, hustler, goniff, chiseller, unscrupulous weasel and sleazebag for all seasons.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Yiddish ganev, from Hebrew gannāḇ 'thief'.
- not for lack (or want) of trying
- not for love or money
- not for nothing
- not-for-profit
- not gate
- not give a bugger
- not give a shit
- not give a stuff
- not give a tinker's curse (or cuss or damn)
- not give (or care) a damn
- not give (or care) a fig
- not give (or care) a monkey's
- not give (or care) a rat's ass
- not give (or care) a whoop
- not give something houseroom
- not-go
- not go any further
- not guilty
- not half
- no thanks to
- not have a bar of
- not have a cat in hell's chance
- not have a leg to stand on
- not have a penny to bless oneself with
- not have a pot to piss in