mangas

noun

1. (historical)A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.

   “Impoverished, disenfranchised, the mangas lived by petty crime and occasional labor.”

   “The mangas was expected to cock a snook at authority, to be quick with a knife and ruthless in avenging insult.”

2. (form-of, plural)plural of manga

   “Many characters in long-running mangas grow up as their audiences do: they get married, raise children, and so on.”