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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 |
Celestina | | the-le-STEE-nah (Spanish), se-le-STEE-nah (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-nah (Italian) | Spanish, Italian |
Vanamo | | VAH-nah-mo | Finnish |
Terrell | | ['terəl] | |
Katheryne | | KATH-ə-rin, KATH-rin | English (Rare) |
Jorun | | - | Norwegian |
Chandler | | CHAND-lər | English |