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hanger

[hang-er] / ˈhæŋ ər /


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On the menu is uni pasta, hanger steak au poivre and a dry-aged burger with fries, which restaurant critic Bill Addison says doesn’t require any twists because “it’s simply a fantastic burger.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

From her closet, she grabbed a men’s brown leather jacket that she kept on a hanger.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

Its included slimline coat hanger kept everything nice and tidy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

And anyone who compares a copper wire with a steel coat hanger will quickly discern that copper is much more pliable than steel.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

The hanger might have little or no undergrowth but at least the branches gave cover from the sky: and kestrels, they soon realized, were common in this solitude.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams