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lunged1
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of lunge
lunged2
- in compoundsnot comparableoftenHaving lungs (of a specified type).
He had grown a big strong fellow, but I had no difficulty in identifying the little squinting child, who begged, and sold flowers and songs in public-house bars, with the strong loud-lunged vendor of mackerel.
1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
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lunged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunged
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