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bang straws

bang straws is the plural of bang straw.

Meaning of bang straw

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

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What is bang straws the plural of?
Bang straws is the plural of bang straw.

Words near bang straws in the dictionary

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

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