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kangalangs

kangalangs is the plural of kangalang.

Meaning of kangalang

Noun

kangalang (plural kangalangs)

  1. (Guyana) A ruffian; also, an unprincipled person.
    • The NDP [National Democratic Party] represented the older generation of nationalists who considered the PPPs [People's Progressive Party] a bunch of "kangalangs" (rowdies) who were damaging the respectability they had fought for and built up over many years with the British.1984, Reynold A. Burrowes, The Wild Coast: An Account of Politics in Guyana, Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Pub. Co., →ISBN, pages 48–49

Questions about kangalangs

What is kangalangs the plural of?
Kangalangs is the plural of kangalang.

Words near kangalangs in the dictionary

  1. Kangabam
  2. Kangal
  3. Kangal Shepherd Dog
  4. Kangal Shepherd Dogs
  5. kangalang
  6. kangalangs
  7. Kangaloon
  8. Kangals
  9. kangani
  10. kanganies
  11. kangany

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