Cagney

[ kag-nee ]

/ ˈkæg ni /

noun

James,1899–1986, U.S. film actor.

Example sentences from the Web for cagney

The movie also contains a scene that likely inspired Cagney impressionists to sneer, “You dirty rat!”

Look Who's Talking Yiddish! | |July 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
And yet Cagney did a flourishing business—there could be no doubt as to that.

Bats in the Wall |P. T. Raymond
Hallo, Mrs. Cagney, what's all this—who's a Russian spy, eh?

Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 |Various
All right, Mrs. Cagney, put it to me some other time; you didn't understand my uncle, that's all—you needn't stay.

Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 |Various

I don't know that they amuse me much, but, at all events, they're livelier than Mrs. Cagney.

Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for cagney

Cagney

/ (ˈkæɡnɪ) /

noun

James. 1899–1986, US film actor, esp in gangster roles; his films include The Public Enemy (1931), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) for which he won an Oscar.

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