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spang

[ spang ]

adverb

, Informal.
  1. directly; exactly:

    The bullet landed spang on target.



spang

/ spæŋ /

adverb

  1. informal.
    exactly, firmly, or straight

    spang on target

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spang1

First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spang1

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

There was warm work ahead—and it would be warmer if Hank and Spang tried to block proceedings with the runabout.

The one thing to do was to travel at speed, forestalling possible interference from Hank and Spang by getting well ahead of them.

After that, Hank and Spang came up the hill, left their horses with me, and scrambled down to a lot of bushes.

More than once I thought I heard the spang of the .35 and this made me urge the roan faster and faster.

Kingdom come, is yo' gittin' ter de pint when yo' kin see sich gwines-on an' not r'ar right spang up an' sass dat 'oman?

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