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dungers

dungers is the plural of dunger.

Meaning of dunger

Noun (1)

dunger (plural dungers)

  1. (obsolete) A person employed to spread or transport dung.
    • But I will bring over you Dungers with great Dung-Forks, who shall dung thee from off the earth, with thy great heap, as an abominable sin-dunghill.1710, John Maximilian Daut, The Approaching Judgements of God upon the Roman Empire
  2. (obsolete) An animal that produces dung.
    • [Worms are] the natural diggers and dungers of land, worm-casts being nothing more than the dung of the worm.1790, William Curtis, Practical Observations on the British Grasses
  3. (obsolete) A person employed in the dunging of textiles.
    • Dunger, dyeing and finishing mill1930, United States Census Bureau, Classified Index of Occupations

Noun (2)

dunger (plural dungers)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) An old, worn-out machine, especially a car.
    • I got a free loaner. And this was quite a new car, too. Not like the clunky old dunger without a working heater I had to battle with on a previous occasion in the dead of winter.2007, Martz Witty, Ian McBride, Hit the Road Running

Questions about dungers

What is dungers the plural of?
Dungers is the plural of dunger.

Words near dungers in the dictionary

  1. Dungeons and Dragons
  2. dungeony
  3. dunger
  4. dungeree
  5. dungerees
  6. dungers
  7. Dungey
  8. Dungeys
  9. dungflies
  10. dungfly
  11. dungfork

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