monicker

English

Noun

monicker (plural monickers)

  1. Alternative spelling of moniker
    • 1969, Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life, Holloway House Publishing:
      "Kid, you've outgrown 'Young Blood' as a monicker".
    • 2011, James Ellroy, L.A. Noir: The Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy, Random House, page 407:
      "I was given the monicker in med school, because my name was John and I did a certain amount of night-tripping."
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