Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A strut inserted between the timbers of a floor to stiffen them.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Carp.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.
- noun A kind of crowbar.
- noun A large wrench.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scotland, New Zealand A horizontal
timber (orsteel ) section used in the construction of a building. - noun A large metal crowbar.
Etymologies
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Examples
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All she has to do is cooperate with her friends and not drop them in the dwang.
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It's a mystery to me, an 'a dreefu' dwang to Bawbie.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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"But that wud juist be a dwang to the lassies, syne," answered Bandy.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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I'm shure I'm no complainin ', but Sandy Bowden's been an unsatisfaktory man in mony weys; but, as the Bible says, we've a' a dwang o 'some kind, an' if I hadna gotten Sandy, weel, I michta haen a drucken son, or a licht-heided dauchter.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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They just help you keep going when other family cars are in the dwang.
Motoring 2010
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It seems the rejection by workers of an offer that some say is a decent one in a tough economic climate and from a company that is in financial dwang is the culmination of the utility's inability - or unwillingness - to deal with issues.
IOL: News 2010
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Ok, so because the fools in the ANC gave these cushy jobs to their incompetent pals, I now have to pay 3x the price for electricity to bale Eskom out of the dwang!
Guardian Online 2010
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Ok, so because the fools in the ANC gave these cushy jobs to their incompetent pals, I now have to pay 3x the price for electricity to bale Eskom out of the dwang!
Guardian Online 2010
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Which is fine but then the bank will only give you a mortgage for how much it values the house at - leaving you in the dwang for at least another 100000 shekels or maybe more.
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Jeremy Clarkson is in the dwang, as Labour MP, Chris Mole has called for the BBC to sack the popular
2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the holiday. Cape Town Lifestyle. 2008
mollusque commented on the word dwang
A short, horizontal piece of timber inserted as a reinforcement between joists, struts, and the like.
December 3, 2007