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ugly customer
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noun
a hostile or dangerous person.
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Origin of ugly customer
First recorded in 1805ā15
Words nearby ugly customer
Ugli, uglify, ugly, Ugly American, ugly as sin, ugly customer, ugly duckling, Ugrian, Ugric, ugsome, uh
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How to use ugly customer in a sentence
Other Idioms and Phrases with 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 āmeanā or ādangerous.ā [c. 1800]
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