tangern.
/ˈtaŋə/ 1. dialect. A person who has a noticeable effect on another (see also quot. 1886).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives
swikec1000
wielerOE
adderOE
knavec1275
treacherc1290
guiler1303
gabbera1325
tricharda1327
faitoura1340
jugglera1340
beswiker1340
wernard1362
knackerc1380
beguilera1382
deceiver1382
illusor1382
deceivant1393
fob1393
falsea1400
mocker?c1450
feature14..
deceptor1484
seductor1490
bullera1500
troker?a1500
craftera1529
circumventorc1540
bobber1542
cloyner?1550
illuder?1550
tricker1550
double-dealer1567
treacherer1571
falsary1573
abuser1579
falser1579
treachetour1590
deluder1592
ignis fatuus1592
foolmonger1593
prestigiator1595
aguiler1598
baffler1606
cog-foist1606
feaguer1610
guile-man1614
hocus-pocus1624
colt1632
hoodwink1638
blindfoldera1649
napper1653
cheat1664
fooler1677
underdealer1682
circumvenerc1686
chincher1688
dodger1698
nickum1699
sheep-shearer1699
trickster1711
bilker1717
trickologist1723
taker-in1776
bilk1790
duper1792
Yorkshire bite1801
intake1808
gammoner1819
doer1840
delusionist1841
fiddler1857
snide1874
hoodwinker1884
tanger1886
take-down1888
tiddlywinker1893
wangler1912
frost1914
twicer1924
lurkman1945
jive-ass1964
skanker1973
the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive person
knocker1612
attractor1641
gracioso1653
attracter1654
charmer1677
irresistible1774
fascinator1836
stunner1847
high-stepper1852
looker1893
bonzer1897
hot tamale1897
tanger1914
dish1929
head-turner1935
cake1941
1886 W. Cudworth Rambles round Horton 237/1 Tenger, a deceiving person.
1914 D. H. Lawrence Prussian Officer & Other Stories 221 She looked a tanger sitting there, all like statues, her and the geese.
1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 269 She's a tanger——'s driven the gel to what she is.
2. One who furnishes implements with a tang.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > maker or fitter of handles or stocks
hafter1598
handler1598
stocker1641
stouker1809
tanger1921
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §279 Tanger, saw tanger, places saw blade against gauge in semi-automatic machine, which marks and purchases tang hole in blade and rivets on tang.
1960 Classif. of Occup. (General Register Office) Index 107/2 Tanger—cutlery mfr...razor mfr...saw mfr.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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