Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A projection of land; an irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A long and narrow piece of
land , resembling atongue , especially a shortpeninsula
Etymologies
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Examples
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When Gomez leaned back, the ancient sofa made a loud spong noise.
Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010
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Hab a lubbly choklit spong caek wiv creme fillingz insted.
I sawed da wizard an - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Fortunately the Victoria spong turned out alright.
Professor's Chocolate Cake and Victoria Sponge with Ganache Shaun 2008
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Lamingtons is teh teeny tiny spong caeks wib teh rasbree or teh choklit i-sing and teh dessik … desic… dryed and shwedded coconut.
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Here is another interview with Campbell…this one is from spong.com and the interviewer is Svend Joscelyne.
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Note that in Buddhist technical terminology, a riddance (spong-ba, Skt. hani, abandonment) is a parting (bral-ba, Skt. visamyoga, separation) that is static – unchanging and lasting forever.
The Sixteen Aspects and Sixteen Distorted Ways of Embracing the Four Noble Truths 2006
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Not, of course, that I would know what a dish spong would taste like, but you know ...
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Not, of course, that I would know what a dish spong would taste like, but you know ...
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Not, of course, that I would know what a dish spong would taste like, but you know ...
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But even though we lost 200k people in th elast census we need more cops to spong emopre of our hard earned tax dollars.
reesetee commented on the word spong
(archaic) a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
April 30, 2007
seanahan commented on the word spong
Like a peninsula?
May 1, 2007
reesetee commented on the word spong
Yes--only marshy, as I understand it.
May 1, 2007
NatMegEvans commented on the word spong
I live in a small village in Suffolk, and we have a Spong Lane on the outskirts. I have always wanted to know its origin and the definition here makes sense as a farm on the lane ends in a tapering arrowhead of land. It makes sense that if you cut land up into approximate squares and rectangles, you will eventually create a piece shaped like a spearhead, particularly if you come alongside an existing stream or track. Spong is the lane's old name, and some people round here think of it as a corruption of Sponge (there is a spring at one end of it, so it might have been wet); it spent some time as Jubilee Lane, after Queen Victoria's jubilee, but locals drifted back to the old title soon after.
Natalie Lloyd-Evans
March 15, 2011
dsmassi commented on the word spong
Spong is my middle name! Thanks for helping me get the definition and other facts!
October 11, 2015