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Runyonesque, a.|ˌrʌnjəˈnɛsk|
[f. the name Runyon (see below) + -esque.]
Characteristic of or resembling Alfred Damon Runyon (1884–1946), U.S. journalist and author, or his writings. Also Runyonese |-ˈiːz|, slang or underworld jargon characteristic or suggestive of that used in the short stories of Runyon.
1938Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Jan. 59/2 A good many people appear to think that ‘runyonese’..is not only vulgar but also pernicious. 1938N.Y. Times 28 Feb. 19/1 For a Runyonesque panel the casting director had the marvelous good fortune to find Edward G. Robinson and Ruth Donnelly to play Mr. and Mrs. 1950Observer 22 Oct. 7/4 It is hard to comment on the quality of translation without seeing the original, and Mr. Maclaren-Ross had had to cope with that appallingly difficult problem of specialised slang. Mr. Maclaren-Ross's solution is Runyonesque, probably the most suitable, but still inevitably tending to denationalise the book. 1953P. H. Bonner SPQR xvii. 150 Runyonese..is the patois which best illustrates the swath which this character is cutting. 1955Time 6 June 109/1 Ruth was singing in obscure Chicago nightclubs when she first encountered a Runyonesque character who called himself Colonel Martin Snyder. 1964Amer. Speech XXXIX. 304 He gives details of murders, gang wars, robberies, and the activities and special talents of such Runyonesque members of Costa Nostra as Vincent ‘Jimmy Blue Eyes’ Alo, [etc.]. 1964E. P. Hoyt Gentleman of Broadway xvi. 249 Librarians were surprised that Runyon continued to be popular long after his style of slang and much of the language which was called ‘Runyonese’ had been thoroughly absorbed in American English. 1980Jewish Chron. 4 Jan. 15/5 Its characters are a little self-consciously drawn, notably a pair of Runyonesque policemen. |
