slanger

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See also: slänger

English

Etymology 1

From slang +‎ -er.

Noun

slanger (plural slangers)

  1. A person who speaks or writes slang.

Etymology 2

From slang +‎ -er, from sling.

Noun

slanger (plural slangers)

  1. A drug dealer, especially one working as part of a network of criminals.
    • 1994, Tom Benjamin, The Home Alone Syndrome: A Parent's Handbook for Survival, page 97:
      The dope slangers, the gang bangers, the street corner hangers are all a part of the village.
    • 2007, James Diego Vigil, The Projects: Gang and Non-Gang Families in East Los Angeles:
      Further, many of these veteranos had earned their spurs, so to speak, and were respected and looked up to as male role models, even though they no longer were active bangers or slangers.
    • 2011, Roger J. R. Levesque, Encyclopedia of Adolescence, page 784:
      Valdez and Sifaneck outline four different types of drug selling gang members: homeboys, hustlers, slangers, and ballers. […] Slangers are a part of gang networks that sell and distribute illicit substances, use drugs, and return the profits from drug sales back to the gang network.

Danish

Noun

slanger c

  1. indefinite plural of slange

Verb

slanger

  1. present of slange

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

slanger m

  1. indefinite plural of slange

Verb

slanger

  1. present of slange
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