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sanger | sager |

As a noun sanger

is ), a tall bush with reddish branches.

As an adjective sager is

(sage).

sanger

English

Etymology 1

Diminutive of sandwich; corruption of the earlier diminutive sango. Australian from 1960s.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, informal, colloquial) A sandwich.
  • * 1996 , , 2006, page 140,
  • I popped the last of the strawberry sangers into my mouth, craned my neck over the bureaucrat?s gelati-hued shoulder and feasted my eyes.
  • * 2005 , R. T. Stone, The Journals: Into the Gulf , Book 2, page 459,
  • Allison did most of the talking telling Sara of her victory, of meeting Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova—who won the Family Circle Open—of rubbing the elbows with the Australian elite, and making sangers (sandwiches) for broken families in Brisbane.
  • * 2009 , Justine Vaisutis, Australia , Lonely Planet, page 94,
  • Eat' Rock oysters, rock lobsters, yabbies and prawns; also Turkish bread ‘' sangers ’ and Tim Tam shooters
  • * 2009 , Central Australia: Adelaide to Darwin , page 59,
  • Winning pub-grub at this enduring pub boozer: steak sangers , veggie lasagne, lamb-shank pie, king-prawn salad and blueberry pancakes.
    Synonyms
    * sango (qualifier) * sarnie (qualifier)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1895 , United States Cavalry Association, Journal of the United States Cavalry Association , Volume 8, page 223,
  • The enemy had a line of sangers' along the far edge of nullah right across the valley, with ' sangers at intervals up the steep mountains on either side into the snows, and occupied, as far as we could guess, by some 2,000 men.
  • * 1902 , Great Britain House of Commons, Sessional Papers , Volume 69, page 64,
  • At 4.30 a.m., under cover of a mist in the donga, the Boers made a very severe attack on the north and west of my position, the brunt of the attack fell on two sangers' held by the Durham Company of Artillery; the Boers broke through the wire and got to within 20 yards of those ' sangers , but they both gallantly held their own and I, with the aid of the Maxim, was able to repulse the attack.
  • * 1976 , Byron Farwell, The Great Boer War , page 93,
  • the Boer marksmen leaned over their sangers and fired on the helmeted heads below them.

    Anagrams

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    sager

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (sage)
  • Anagrams

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    sage

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Wise.
  • * Shakespeare
  • All you sage counsellors, hence!
  • * Milton
  • commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
  • (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
  • * Milton
  • [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
    Synonyms
    * sagacious

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
  • * 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), § 34:
  • We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .
    Synonyms
    * deep thinker, egghead, intellectual, pundit
    Derived terms
    * sagely * sageness * sage on the stage * Seven Sages

    See also

    * rishi * maharishi

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sauge, from (etyl) salvia, from , see safe .

    Noun

    (-)
  • The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
  • Synonyms
    * (herb) ramona
    Derived terms
    * sagebush * Sage Derby * sage dog * sage green * sage grouse * sage tea * sage thrasher * wood sage
    See also
    * salvia

    Etymology 3

    .

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Internet slang)
  • Verb

    (sag)
  • (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
  • Usage notes

    * This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems one's own post to be of little value.