Meanings
nounbang straw (plural bang straws)
plural bang straws · alternative bang-straw
- archaicidiomaticA farmer's servant, especially a thresher.
Strange fastened it to his cane, for he fancied his little stick even on shipboard. With this he sprung onto the bulwark and roared out to Williams: 'I've not struck, sir! Tell your bloody bang-straws to try and hit my stick!'
1938 December 28, James Norman Hall, “The Cheerful Tortoise (Doctor Dogbody's Leg)”, in The Windsor Magazine, volume 89, number 528, page 9
Origin
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bang straw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bang%20straw
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