spang
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of spang
First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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But Beverly Hills is spang in the middle of one of America's largest urban bowls, Mr. Sarthou.
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
The State Department announced that it had severed relations with French-owned Martinique, the green, blockaded Caribbean island which lies spang across the Atlantic approach to the Panama Canal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Turning a corner, he bumped spang into another hurrying stroller, a large, portly man with walrus mustaches.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It'll blow that thar barn spang off'n the bluff, I'm thinkin'—an' the filly—Cobe—Cobe!" he cried out to her as he neared the shanty.
From The Young Mountaineers Short Stories by Malcolm Fraser
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