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ugly customer
ugly customer
An ill-natured or vicious individual, as in Watch out for Charlie when he's drinking; he can be an ugly customer. This phrase uses ugly in the sense of "mean" or "dangerous." [c. 1800]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Roswitha | | - | German |
| Yehoshua | | - | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
| CÔNg | | - | Vietnamese |
| Yuriy | | YOO-ree (Russian) | Russian, Ukrainian |
| Eir | | - | Norse Mythology, Icelandic, Norwegian |
| Marcelo | | mahr-THE-lo (Spanish), mahr-SE-lo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |