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hangy-downs

hangy-downs noun: the parts of anything that hang down, such as tassels.

Noun

hangy-downs pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-only) The parts of anything that hang down, such as tassels.
    • With the divider removed or disengaged, the hangy-downs that attach it can get caught up in the loading process. So it goes.2002, Colin Fletcher, Clem L. Rawlins, The Complete Walker IV, page 145
    • Next night, I took a small bucket with some rocks in it, sure enough there was Bulley and all the pond cows up to their hangy-downs in the muddy water.2007, Pat Lorett, To-1944: Oklahoma Farm Life, page 94

Origin of hangy-downs

Diminutive of hang down, with -y suffix.

Questions about hangy-downs

What does hangy-downs mean?
Hangy-downs means the parts of anything that hang down, such as tassels.
What part of speech is hangy-downs?
Hangy-downs is a noun.

Words near hangy-downs in the dictionary

  1. hangups
  2. hangwoman
  3. hangwomen
  4. hangworthy
  5. hangxiety
  6. hangy-downs
  7. Hangzhou
  8. Hangzhou numeral
  9. Hangzhou numerals
  10. Hanham
  11. Hanham Abbots

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