HANGER in a Sentence

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For HANGER, below is one of 4 sentences:
One of them came up almost to my face, whereupon I rose in a fright, and drew out my hanger to defend myself.

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 Meanings and Examples of HANGER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hanger
 n.  one who hangs, or causes to be hanged
 n.  loop or strap by which something is hung
Classic Sentence:
1  One of them came up almost to my face, whereupon I rose in a fright, and drew out my hanger to defend myself.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I.
2  Then she set me on a table, where I showed her my hanger all bloody, and wiping it on the lappet of my coat, returned it to the scabbard.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I.
3  However, I had the courage to rise and draw my hanger, and attack them in the air.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
Example Sentence:
1  This pot hanger is in the shape of the Chinese word for "luck," rendered in red steel.