bangstry
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]bangstry (uncountable)
- (generally Scotland) violence
- 2013, CSI (TV show), season 13, episode 16
- "How much money did you get back?"
"Not a centime, especially now that he's met with bangstry."
- "How much money did you get back?"
- 2013, CSI (TV show), season 13, episode 16
References
[edit]John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1912) A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English[1] (Dictionary), G. Routledge & Son, page 28: “Bangster. 1. A bully, braggart. As adj. turbulent. Bangstry, violence. 2. A victor, winner: compare bang, verb. 3. A wanton.”