spang
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of spang
First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Outside, he ran spang into a group of Negroes.
From Time Magazine Archive
After which he slapped his next shot spang on the green, went on to pick up $700 in the pro-am prelude to the Miami open invitational.
From Time Magazine Archive
There it sat, an $18 million imitation English village, spang in the midst of the Connecticut countryside.
From Time Magazine Archive
It landed spang in the British boat below.
From Time Magazine Archive
All—except for another spang that sounded as a streak of orange light arrowed from somewhere through the flickering torchlight.
From Hawk Carse by Gilmore, Anthony
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