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bang straw

bang straw noun: a farmer's servant, especially a thresher.

Noun

bang straw (plural bang straws)

  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, James Norman Hall, “The Cheerful Tortoise (Doctor Dogbody's Leg)”, in The Windsor Magazine, volume 89, number 528, page 9

Forms of bang straw

pluralbang straws
alternative formbang-straw

Origin of bang straw

From bang + straw.

Questions about bang straw

What does bang straw mean?
Bang straw means a farmer's servant, especially a thresher.
What part of speech is bang straw?
Bang straw is a noun.
What is the plural of bang straw?
The plural of bang straw is bang straws.

Words near bang straw in the dictionary

  1. bang snap
  2. bang snaps
  3. bang some heads together
  4. bang stick
  5. bang sticks
  6. bang straw
  7. bang straws
  8. bang tail
  9. bang tails
  10. Bang That Was Promised
  11. bang the door down

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