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Grammar : Noun |
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Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæŋ ər |
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Définition of hangers
Origin :- early 15c., "one who hangs (something)," especially "hangman;" agent noun of hang (v.). Meaning "something that is suspended" is late 15c. Meaning "thing from which something is hung" is from 1690s. Specifically of coat or dress hangers from 1873. Hanger-on is from 1540s.
- As in sword : noun weapon
- They are the pothooks and hangers of surgery, and I have gone that far.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- The other fellows are just hangers on—camp followers, so to speak.
- Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
- Bosco Blithers, professor of penmanship and author of “Pot-hooks and Hangers.”
- Extract from : « Three Hats » by Alfred Debrun
- Some ran to the guns, others got hold of their hangers and small-arms.
- Extract from : « Roger Willoughby » by William H. G. Kingston
- “If we do, we must keep one eye open and our hangers by our sides,” observed Tubbs.
- Extract from : « The Two Supercargoes » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Clothes forms and hangers are so inexpensive that every gown and coat should have its own.
- Extract from : « Textiles and Clothing » by Kate Heintz Watson
- There are in use too many kinds of hangers to explain or describe them here.
- Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble
- The hangers should be so placed that no strain will come on the fitting or the valves.
- Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble
- In a building constructed of wood, the hangers are secured to the joists.
- Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble
- To have the pipe in true alignment, the hangers must be hung and placed in line.
- Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble
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