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Definition of Bangings
1. banging [n] - See also: banging
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bangings
Literary usage of Bangings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Magazine by Making of America Project (1902)
"For upwards of two hours it raged, with loud words and shaken forefingers, and
great noisy bangings of the table, and how it would have ended I do not know, ..."
2. A Summer in Alaska: A Popular Account of the Travels of an Alaska Exploring by Frederick Schwatka (1891)
"... visit of a stranger causes excitement—to waste their ammunition in foolish
bangings and silly salutes that suggest the vicinity of a powder magazine. ..."
3. Travels in West Africa: Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons by Mary Henrietta Kingsley, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"But I am firm with them, and shut up the doors and windows and disregard their
bangings on them while I am dressing, or rather redressing. ..."
4. What's on the Worker's Mind: By One who Put on Overalls to Find Out, Whiting by Whiting Williams (1920)
"... the most action and are certainly most generally used), whistlings, bangings
of powder-cans on his flanks, hammerings of six dinner- pails in the car. ..."
5. A Legacy of Historical Gleanings by Catharina Van Rensselaer Bonney (1875)
"I arrived here last evening in good health and spirits, excepting the miserable
bangings upon shoulders, head, hips and ribs received from the constant ..."
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