hangy-downs

noun

The parts of anything that hang down, such as tassels.

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Meanings

nounhangy-downs pl (plural only)
  1. colloquialpluralplural onlyThe parts of anything that hang down, such as tassels.

    With the divider removed or disengaged, the hangy-downs that attach it can get caught up in the loading process. So it goes.

    2002, Colin Fletcher, Clem L. Rawlins, The Complete Walker IV, page 145
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    Next night, I took a small bucket with some rocks in it, sure enough there was Bulley and all the pond cows up to their hangy-downs in the muddy water.

    2007, Pat Lorett, To-1944: Oklahoma Farm Life, page 94

    Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]

    2011, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days

Origin

Diminutive of hang down, with -y suffix.

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hangy-downs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hangy-downs

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Chicago

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