Read full poem →THE BAIRNS gat out wi’ an unco shout,
The deuks dang o’er my daddie, O!
The fien-ma-care, quo’ the feirrie auld wife,
Dictionary Entry
A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration.
In a Sentence
“I don't give a dang.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
gui dang. dangshen dangde dangvan dangthing dangdang padang dan
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Poetry examples for “dang”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Chorus—O aye my wife she dang me,
An’ aft my wife she bang’d me,
Read full poem →Each charm of modulated sound;
Ah! think not, in the dang'rous hour,
The nymph fictitious as the flow'r;
Read full poem →"Where tempests never beat nor billows roar,"
And thy lov'd consort on the dang'rous tide
Of life, long since, has anchor'd at thy side.