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▪ I. whanger, n.1|ˈhwæŋə(r)|
[f. whang v.1 + -er1.]
(See quot.)
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Whangers, or Cod-whangers. Fish-curers of Newfoundland. An old term for a large sword.
▪ II. whanger, n.2 U.S. slang.|ˈhwæŋə(r)|
Also wanger.
[f. whang v.1 + -er1.]
= whang n.1 3.
1939J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath ii. 14 An' there we spied a nigger, with a trigger that was bigger than an elephant's proboscis or the whanger of a whale. 1976M. Machlin Pipeline xiv. 160 She didn't get the idea so fast, so he whipped the old wanger out of his union suit and laid it on the table in front of her. |