sanger
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Australia/ˈsæŋə/
sanger noun: a sandwich. Also the alternative form of sangar.
Noun
sanger (plural sangers)
- A sandwich.
- […]I popped the last of the strawberry sangers into my mouth, craned my neck over the bureaucrat′s gelati-hued shoulder and feasted my eyes.1996, Shane Maloney, The Brush-Off, published 2006, page 140
- […]Allison did most of the talking telling Sara of her victory, of meeting Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova—who won the Family Circle Open—of rubbing the elbows with the Australian elite, and making sangers (sandwiches) for broken families in Brisbane.2005, R. T. Stone, The Journals: Into the Gulf, Book 2, page 459
Proper noun capitalized: Sanger
Sanger
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger is alleging that the online encyclopedia has a left-leaning bias and “a lot of problems,” and recently released a nine-point plan to fix it.2025 October 3, Ray Bogan, “Wikipedia co-founder says site has liberal bias — here’s his plan to fix that”, in Straight Arrow News, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2025
- A city in Fresno County, California.
- A ghost town in Oliver County, North Dakota.
- A city in Denton County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- A locality in the Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Also used as
sanger is also the alternative form of sangar.
Examples of sanger in a sentence
- Eat Rock oysters, rock lobsters, yabbies and prawns; also Turkish bread ‘sangers’ and Tim Tam shooters2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 94:
- Winning pub-grub at this enduring pub boozer: steak sangers, veggie lasagne, lamb-shank pie, king-prawn salad and blueberry pancakes.2009, Central Australia: Adelaide to Darwin, page 59:
Synonyms of sanger
Forms of sanger
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sangers |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Sanker |
Origin of sanger
Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced sangwich) + -er (colloquialising suffix). Australian from 1960s.
An occupational surname from Middle English, from Old English sangere (“singer”).
Words formed from sanger
Phrases with sanger
Words that rhyme with sanger
Questions about sanger
- What does sanger mean?
- Sanger means a sandwich.
- How do you use sanger in a sentence?
- Eat Rock oysters, rock lobsters, yabbies and prawns; also Turkish bread ‘sangers’ and Tim Tam shooters
- What part of speech is sanger?
- Sanger can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sanger?
- Sanger is pronounced /ˈsæŋə/ (Australia).
- What is the plural of sanger?
- The plural of sanger is sangers.
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