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How to use thang in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Thang means the buttocks. Example: “You be a looksome thang, but you ain't worth dyin' over.”

More sentences with thang

  • You be a looksome thang, but you ain't worth dyin' over.2016, Lisa Wingate, The Carolina Heirlooms Collection. From the entry looksome
  • Now they think we can't cowboy up, but we could show'em a thang or three.2014, Sam Welch, What's Your Problem, Cowboy?, →ISBN. From the entry cowboy up
  • "I mean, if you're not interested, it ain't nothing but a thang, baby girl.2010, Chunichi, The Return of a Gangster's Girl, page 26. From the entry baby girl
  • Call it a little lagniappe, goodbuddy, that's Duane Marvy's way o' doin' thangs.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN. From the entry lagniappe
  • "Call it a little lagniappe, goodbuddy, that's Duane Marvy's way o' doin' thangs.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, pages 604–605. From the entry goodbuddy
  • Yeah, couple of sheep & a few chickens will take care of a little ole thang like incitement to murder.2007 July 24, Dana, “The Law In Ireland”, in alt.religion.druid (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Apr 2026. From the entry cursy
  • Me and my thugs clock G's, sippin' naughty thangs.1999 December 21, “Killuminati” (track 11), in Still I Rise, performed by Tupac and Outlawz. From the entry tat
  • You nasty thang, you stank like cyarn.1935, Ed Bell, Fish on the Steeple, page 135. From the entry shoo-wee
  • It ain't nothing but a thang."1975, Red Jordan Arobateau, The Bars Across Heaven, page 3. From the entry ain't nothing but a thang
  • Naturally, I believed in hants and ghosts and “thangs.” Having been raised by a super-religious Southern Negro grandmother, it would have been abnormal had I not been superstitious.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 22, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 140. From the entry hant

Meaning of thang

  1. noun The buttocks.

Full definition of thang

Questions about thang in a sentence

How do you use thang in a sentence?
Thang is used as a noun. For example: “You be a looksome thang, but you ain't worth dyin' over.”
What is a short sentence with thang?
“It ain't nothing but a thang."”
What does thang mean?
Thang means the buttocks.

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