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spang
[spang] 
,–adverb Informal.
| directly, exactly: The bullet landed spang on target. |
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1835–45, Americanism; orig. uncert.
1835–45, Americanism; orig. uncert.
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| spang (spāng) adv. Informal Precisely; squarely: fell spang into the middle of the puddle. [Probably from dialectal spang, to leap, jerk, bang, probably of imitative origin.] |
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Spang\, v. t. To spangle. [Obs.]Spang
Spang\, v. i. To spring; to bound; to leap. [Scot.] But when they spang o'er reason's fence, We smart for't at our own expense. --Ramsay.Spang
Spang\, n. A bound or spring. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.Spang
Spang\, n. [AS. spange a clasp or fastening; akin to D. spang, G. spange, OHG. spanga, Icel. sp["o]ng a spangle.] A spangle or shining ornament. [Obs.] With glittering spangs that did like stars appear. --Spenser.
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