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Definition of Slanging
1. slang [v] - See also: slang
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slanging
Literary usage of Slanging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of James Hardy Vauxby James Hardy Vaux by James Hardy Vaux (1819)
"SLANG, to defraud a person of any part of his due, is called slanging him ; also
to cheat by false weights or measures, or other unfair means. ..."
2. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ...by Francis Grose by Francis Grose (1823)
"To defraud a person of any part of his due, is called slanging him: also, ...
slanging-DUES. When a man suspects that he has been curtailed of any portion ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"slanging (cant), explained by quotation. To exhibit anything in a fair or market,
such as a tall man, or a cow with two heads, that's called slanging' and ..."
4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"There is no idea of anything underhand on the part of the traveller, yet the
custom is called back-slanging. Badger, n. This English name has been ..."
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