"slang-whanger" meaning in English

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        "gloss1": "to beat"
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      "expansion": "whang (“to beat”) + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
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  "etymology_text": "From slang and whang (“to beat”) + -er.",
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    {
      "form": "slang-whangers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1807 August 14, Washington Irving, “Salmagundi, no. XIII”, in The Complete Works of Washington Irving, M. S. Schmerler, published 1835, page 65",
          "text": "If, in addition to our own amusements, we have, as we jogged carelessly laughing along, brushed away one tear of dejection and called forth a smile in its place — if we have brightened the pale countenance of a single child of sorrow — we shall feel almost as much joy and rejoicing as a slang-whanger does when he bathes his pen in the heart's blood of a patron and benefactor; or sacrifices an illustrious victim on the altar of party animosity.",
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        "One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan."
      ],
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          "partisan",
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        "(dated, colloquial) One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "slangwhanger"
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  "word": "slang-whanger"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From slang and whang (“to beat”) + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slang-whangers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "1807 August 14, Washington Irving, “Salmagundi, no. XIII”, in The Complete Works of Washington Irving, M. S. Schmerler, published 1835, page 65",
          "text": "If, in addition to our own amusements, we have, as we jogged carelessly laughing along, brushed away one tear of dejection and called forth a smile in its place — if we have brightened the pale countenance of a single child of sorrow — we shall feel almost as much joy and rejoicing as a slang-whanger does when he bathes his pen in the heart's blood of a patron and benefactor; or sacrifices an illustrious victim on the altar of party animosity.",
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      ],
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        "One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan."
      ],
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        ],
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          "partisan",
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        "(dated, colloquial) One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan."
      ],
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        "colloquial",
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      "word": "slangwhanger"
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  "word": "slang-whanger"
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