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droog

Pronunciation: /druːg/
Definition of droog

noun

informal
  • a young man belonging to a street gang: at the beginning of the film, a tramp is kicked to death by Alex and his droogs

Origin:

1962: coined by Anthony Burgess in A Clockwork Orange; alteration of Russian drug 'friend'

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