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
Here is a box full of humble bees, That stang Eve as she sat on her knees, Tasting the fruit to her forbidden.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
In raptures sweet, this hour we meet, Wi' mutual love an' a' that; But for how lang the flie may stang, Let inclination law that.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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 Scott, Daniel
But if I hear tell that she doth rebel, Or him to complain, with fife and drum Then we will come, And ride the stang again.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829 by Various
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