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scanmag

scanmag noun: slander; gossip.

Noun

scanmag (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, slang) Slander; gossip.
    • That liberal lady laughed at all the scanmag; not that she was averse from listening to it, she rather liked to hear it than otherwise.1876, Belgravia, volume 28, page 103

Origin of scanmag

From scandalum magnatum.

Questions about scanmag

What does scanmag mean?
Scanmag means slander; gossip.
What part of speech is scanmag?
Scanmag is a noun.

Words near scanmag in the dictionary

  1. scanless
  2. scanline
  3. scanlines
  4. Scanlon
  5. Scanlons
  6. scanmag
  7. scannability
  8. scannable
  9. scanned
  10. scanned-in
  11. Scannell

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