straphang
Americanverb (used without object)
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straphangs,
present (3rd person singular)
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straphung,
past participle, past
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straphanged,
past participle, past
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straphanging
present participle
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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straphangsimple
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straphangssimple
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have straphangedperfect
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have straphungperfect
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has straphangedperfect
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has straphungperfect
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am straphangingprogressive
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are straphangingprogressive
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is straphangingprogressive
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have been straphangingperfect progressive
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has been straphangingperfect progressive
Past
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straphangedsimple
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straphungsimple
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had straphangedperfect
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had straphungperfect
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was straphangingprogressive
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were straphangingprogressive
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had been straphangingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of straphang
Example Sentences
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The 98-year-old Daily News was once a mighty voice of New York’s working class, and a familiar accessory of straphanging commuters in the great metropolis.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2017
Wasted on the majority of its 600,000 straphanging readers is the Evening Journal's alert financial section run by able, aggressive Leslie Gould.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no straphanging: standing passengers hold on to bars.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a Copenhagen streetcar a passenger stared at a straphanging couple, suddenly bellowed: "I think it's a shame this country's future king and queen have to stand up!"
From Time Magazine Archive
You should run a story pointing out the woes of us taxpaying, straphanging, deficit-burdened, tail-crushed 8-to-6 slobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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