Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 24, 2009 16:30
14 yrs ago
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English term
corner lizard
English to Polish
Art/Literary
Slang
pochodza one ze zdania: "just so you wouldn't turn out to be another corner lizard, a sharpshooter, a bum like the rest of them."
Proposed translations
(Polish)
| 3 | żigolak |
Miriam300
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| 4 | cwaniak |
Marta van der Hoeven
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Change log
Sep 24, 2009 16:32: OTMed (X) changed "Term asked" from "corner lizard, sharpshooter, bum" to "corner lizard"
Sep 29, 2009 18:43: Miriam300 Created KOG entry
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żigolak
żigolak-
(synonim)
........the more common meaning is that it is a very smooth man, who using low and slithery ways pursues sex and fortune in tea dance lounges......etc. 3 types of lizard : lounge, corner, and bench lizard..........evolved in Europe as the gigolo....(The City in Slang: New York life and Popular speech).
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=j41z0yeKbeIC&pg=PA81&lpg=...
http://sjp.pwn.pl/lista.php?co=�igolak
(synonim)
........the more common meaning is that it is a very smooth man, who using low and slithery ways pursues sex and fortune in tea dance lounges......etc. 3 types of lizard : lounge, corner, and bench lizard..........evolved in Europe as the gigolo....(The City in Slang: New York life and Popular speech).
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=j41z0yeKbeIC&pg=PA81&lpg=...
http://sjp.pwn.pl/lista.php?co=�igolak
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Comment: "This explenation suits the context best! Thanks"
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Marta van der Hoeven
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United States
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Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English
cwaniak
ew. cwaniaczek, spryciarz
propozycja
propozycja
Peer comment(s):
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skisteeps
: There's an expression "lounge lizard". Are you sure? http://books.google.ca/books?id=j41z0yeKbeIC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA8...
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however, here it is not about "lounge lizard", but "corner lizard" and I do not need to figure anything out, I just know the expression
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