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Definition of Hangnests

1. hangnest [n] - See also: hangnest

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hangnests

hanging drop slide hanging fly Hanging Gardens of Babylon hanging geranium hanging septum hanging wall hangman hangman's fracture hangman's halter hangman's rope

hangmen hangnail hangnail hangnails hangnest hangnests (current term) hangout hangouts hangover hangovers

hangs hangtag hangtags hangul hangup hangups Hangzhou Hangzhou Bay hang around hang back

Literary usage of Hangnests

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1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"It was given first to the Old World family Oriolidae, and wns naturally transferred to the American hangnests by early English travelers and settlers on ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"... the Nearctic flycatchers belong likewise to different groups from those at home; and the starlings are really " hangnests," or ..."

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