swanger
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Noun
swanger (plural swangers)
- (US, informal) A decorative protruding construction on an automobile's rim, especially on a Houston, Texas, slab car.
- 2019 June 20, Sha Jones, Kody & Kaci: Never Felt a Hood Love Like This, Sullivan Group Publishing, →ISBN:
- Hips that poked out like twelve-inch swangers on a Houston slab car and long, curly hair that flowed down the middle of her back made her a sight for sore eyes. Kaci truly was a beautiful girl and could've been a model.
- 2019 September 8, Liv Reshelle, A Haitian Thug Stole My Heart: Caught By a Boss, Sullivan Group Publishing, →ISBN:
- He handed her the keys and got into his black 2019 Lincoln MKZ with some swanger's[sic] on the tires. His windows were tinted so I couldn't see anything in his car while following him to his house.
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Etymology
From Dutch zwanger, from Middle Dutch swanger. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *swangr (“heavy”).
Adjective
swanger (attributive swangere, comparative swangerder, superlative swangerste)
Derived terms
- swangerskap (“pregnancy”, noun)
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