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Wanger

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    A rest or cushion for the cheek; a pillow. obsolete
  2. 2
    The penis. slang

    "Just as he was about to plunge his wanger into Jonny, Jones arrived."

  3. 3
    A contemptible person, neutral variant of a swear word. West-Country, dialectal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wangere, from Old English wangere (“pillow, bolster”), from Proto-West Germanic *wangārī, from Proto-Germanic *wangārijaz, suffixed form of *wangiją (“pillow, cushion”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenǵ- (“neck, cheek”). Cognate with Old High German wangari (“pillow”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹 (waggari, “pillow”). Related to Old English wange (“cheek”). More at wang.

Etymology 2

Related to wang.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Wanger.

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