back-ganging

comparative more back-ganging · superlative most back-ganging · alternative back-gangin · alternative back-gannin

1. Northern EnglandScotlandBehind or late in payment or rent; in arrears.

   Here he opened the fatal volume [a rental book]; I have heard of a thing they call Doomsday book—I am clear it has been a rental of back-ganging tenants.

   1824 June, [Walter Scott], “Letter XI. The Same to the Same [Darsie Latimer to Alan Fairford].”, in Redgauntlet, […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 239

2. Northern EnglandScotlandNot in a good financial state; unprosperous.

   Synonyms: backgain

3. Northern EnglandScotlandNot in good health; sickly, unhealthy.

   Synonyms: backgain

1. Northern EnglandScotlanduncountableA going back; a returning; also, the way back.
2. Northern EnglandScotlanduncountableA deterioration, especially in circumstances or health; a relapse, a retrograde.

   Synonyms: backgain