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bang straw en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From bang + straw.

Meanings

1. (archaic, idiomatic) A farmer's servant, especially a thresher.
   • Strange fastened it to his cane, for he fancied his little stick even on shipboard. With this he sprung onto the bulwark and roared out to Williams: 'I've not struck, sir! Tell your bloody bang-straws to try and hit my stick!' 1938 December 14, James Norman Hall, “The Cheerful Tortoise (Doctor Dogbody's Leg)”, in The Windsor Magazine, volume 89, number 528, page 9:

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