stang
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- noun
- Archaic
:
palo
- The 'stang.
Examples
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PIus, surprise, we got the new parts for your 'Stang.
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These the keys to my 'Stang right here.
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A final and most moving example is the life of Sister Dorothy Stang.
Academic text (2008) -
'Stang.
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Doug bought these for his car, so it looks mean and angry and like he's a a proper stang owner, eh?
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Instead, our butts nestled into rippled cushions and seat backs that would have been right at home in a 64' Stang.
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I was a guy and she was a girl, and I watching my game or I was polishin' my '68 Stang, and she would walk up to me and give me one of those lip gloss kisses, and she would say, do you love me?
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Listen, before you say anything, I know I was supposed to take the 'Stang to make my getaway, but when I saw this beauty here sitting there, you know, the keys in the ignition and everything, I couldn't pass up a chance, to take a drive in an honest-to-God Tucker.
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He balanced the heavy load on the ends of the long stang as he walked home.
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The workers used a sturdy stang to carry beams across their shoulders.
Synonyms
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A long thin stick used to support things or in sports
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stang comes from an old northern word that meant a long 'pole' or rod used for carrying or work. Think of a wooden stick worn across the shoulders to carry heavy things; that is why stang means a long pole.