dangler

plural danglers

1. informalgrammarA dangling modifier, especially a dangling participle.

   Similarly, participles ending in “ing” often cause danglers in scientific writing: […]

   2014, Silvia M. Rogers, Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing: A Self-help Guide, page 43

2. slangAny body part that dangles, such as the penis, testicles, uvula, and sometimes tongue.

   "Why do I have to feed her? Why do I have to look after her? I'm a girl. Ort doesn't have to 'cause he's a boy, 'cause he's got a dangler and I haven't."

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   Stupid kitten! First he thought he was a fish, now he thinks he's a mole. The vet says it's because he's missing one of his danglers.

   2000 January 18, cormaic, “Wildlife Ponds”, in uk.rec.gardening (Usenet)

3. A plotline that is metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang"; in other words, the plotline is forgotten, phased out and eventually dropped, and thus a resolution is never achieved.
4. informalA large earring that hangs down far.

   Long hair piled high on top of the head or cut to a short, curvy crop, needs the balance provided by large, dramatic earrings. Those with tresses frizzed into Pre-Raphaelite waves will like the look of huge hoops or ethnic danglers in wood […]

   1985, Susi Rogol, Create a Look with Jewelry, page 22

5. archaicOne who dangles about (loiters around) others, especially a man chasing after women.

   ‘You see,’ she cried, ‘what a Herd of Danglers flutter around you […].’

   1770, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 10 January

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   Such once was I, a dangler to the fair; / Still, as a glass, I praise their dress, their air […]

   1783, Samuel Hoole, Aurelia; Or, the Contest

plural Danglers

1. A surname.