- past tense form of sting.
stang
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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But I have strong suspicions you are, and if so, as the children say, "I hope that stang!"
From Time Magazine Archive
What? stang; what do you want? stang chins-klé; what are you doing? stang chin-chái; what is your name? stang chins-ná; what is that? stang ta-sái-ya.
From Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi by George Gibbs
There is believed to have been no example of riding the stang in Cumberland or Westmorland during the last half century.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
A blessing on the cheery gang Wha dearly like a jig or sang, An' never think o' right an' wrang By square an' rule, But, as the clegs o' feeling stang, Are wise or fool.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
At one time the schoolmaster was likened to a perched radish, and again he was "riding the stang" for his sins.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
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