lunger

¹ American  

[luhng-er] / ˈlʌŋ ər /

noun

Informal.

1. a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.

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lunger ² American  

[luhn-jer] / ˈlʌn dʒər /

noun

1. a person or thing that lunges.

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Etymology

Origin of lunger¹

First recorded in 1890–95; lung + -er ¹

Origin of lunger²

First recorded in 1835–45; lunge ¹ + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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lunger

His father was a "lunger," and ex-professor from the East; his mother a vestal virgin dedicated to keeping the home fires burning.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ey hate yo because yo are neaw lunger my sister—becose yo 're a grand ledy's dowter, an a grand ledy yersel.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth

The undertaker down-town is a lunger, and a nervous wreck to boot.

From Sunny Slopes by Ethel Hueston

Seems the old man was a crackerjack boss machinist; but he got to monkeyin' with fool inventions, drifted from place to place, got to be a lunger, and finally passed in.

From Torchy by George Brehm

If he was a "lunger" he wanted to die as soon as possible.

From Calvary Alley by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

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