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banger
noun- a sausage UK, 1919
Perhaps from the resemblance to a bludgeon. - Andrew arrives and sits beside her. He shows her two sausages. ANDREW: Banger? RHONDA: No, thanks, Andrew. — Peter Nichols, Promenade [Six Granada Plays], p. 62, 1959
- “Train smash and bangers,” Splinter advised, and pushed towards him a plate on which two sausages wallowed in a sea of red stewed tomatoes. — J.E. MacDonnell, Don’t Gimme the Ships, p. 69, 1960
- a firework producing a loud bang UK, 1959
- [H]e was a vicious sort of kid, pulled off frogs’ legs for fun, tied cans with bangers in them to cats tails–that sort of caper. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 94, 1969
- a detonator UK
- — Harvey Shepherd, Dictionary of Railway Slang, 1966
- a near-derelict motor vehicle, usually a car or van UK, 1962
From the back-firing of a worn-out or poorly-maintained engine. - It’s a crappy old banger. Mid-green. Could be a Cortina, but I’m not sure. — Chris Ryan, Stand By, Stand By, p. 82, 1996
- I took out all the seats and away I went / It’s a right old banger and the chassis’ bent — Ian Dury, Itinerant Child, 1998
- a cylinder in a car engine US
Usually prefaced with a numeral. - Does four banger mean four men with hammers or one man with four hammers? Neither. It means a car with four cylinders. — Ed Radlauer, Drag Racing Pix Dix, p. 23, 1970
- a fender, especially a front fender US
- — Elementary Electronics, Dictionary of CB Lingo, p. 48, 1976
- a boxer who relies on brute strength and aggressive tactics US
- The Big Banger From Parks (Headline) — San Francisco Chronicle, p. 42, 21 September 1968
- Robertson is a “banger,” a converted southpaw whose left hook has produce 18 KO’s. — San Francisco Chronicle, p. 46, 28 July 1973
- in hot rodding and motor racing, a collision US, 1933
- — John Edwards, Auto Dictionary, p. 11, 1993
- a gang member US, 1985
Shortened form of GANGBANGER- Two of the bangers had shaved heads, two others wore knit caps; all wore black high-top sneakers, half unlaced. — Joseph Wambaugh, Floaters, p. 26, 1996
- “Dunas isn’t a banger. He’s a bookie, pure and simple.” — John Ridley, Love is a Racket, p. 33, 1998
- [T]he Border Brothers, who outnumber both the MRU and the Sur Califas in Nevada’s prisons, are aligning with the Sur Califas bangers. — Bill Valentine, Gangs and Their Tattoos, p. 32, 2000
- a heavy metal music enthusiast who dances with zeal US
- — Don R. McCreary (Editor), Dawg Speak, 2001
- a hypodermic needle and syringe US
- — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 24, 1986
- a kiss, especially one that is forcefully delivered UK, 1898
- in pool, an unskilled if forceful player US
- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 7, 1990
- a billiard ball UK, 1984
Usually in the plural, extended from the sense as “testicle”. - in the casino game Keno, the punch tool used to make holes in tickets showing the numbers bet on US, 1978
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 12, 1987
- a knife US
- — Jeffrey Ian Ross, Behind Bars, p. 182, 2002: Slammer Slang
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