back-ganging

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English

WOTD – 20 January 2023

Etymology

From back- +‎ ganging (“going”), from gang (“to go, proceed; to walk”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

back-ganging (comparative more back-ganging, superlative most back-ganging) (chiefly Northern England, Scotland)

  1. Behind or late in payment or rent; in arrears.
  2. Not in a good financial state; unprosperous.
    Synonym: backgain
  3. Not in good health; sickly, unhealthy.
    Synonym: backgain

Alternative forms

Translations

not in a good financial state — see unprosperous
not in good health — see sickly,‎ unhealthy

Noun

back-ganging (uncountable) (chiefly Northern England, Scotland)

  1. A going back; a returning; also, the way back.
  2. A deterioration, especially in circumstances or health; a relapse, a retrograde.
    Synonym: backgain

Translations

going back — see returning
deterioration, especially in circumstances or health — see relapse

References

  1. ^ Compare Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BACK-GANNIN, vbl. sb.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: , volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, , publisher to the English Dialect Society, ; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 115, column 1.
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