Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dunger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dunger
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person employed to spread or transport dung.

Obsolete

noun

An animal that produces dung.

Obsolete

noun

A person employed in the dunging of textiles.

Obsolete

noun

An old, worn-out machine, especially a car.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

Example Sentences

"But I will bring over you Dungers with great Dung-Forks, who shall dung thee from off the earth, with thy great heap, as an abominable sin-dunghill."
"[Worms are] the natural diggers and dungers of land, worm-casts being nothing more than the dung of the worm."
"Dunger, dyeing and finishing mill"
"I got a free loaner. And this was quite a new car, too. Not like the clunky old dunger without a working heater I had to battle with on a previous occasion in the dead of winter."

Etymology

From dung + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dung

Usage

Inflected Forms

dungers (plural)

Questions

What does dunger mean?: A person employed to spread or transport dung.
Where does dunger come from?: From dung + -er.

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