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gammerstang (W3)
(E?)(L?) http://wordcraft.infopop.cc/Archives/2003-1-Jan.htm
"Gammerstang" - "a tall, awkward woman"
Sometimes you'll find this lovely word defined with further shades of meaning, such as "with bad manners" or "with bad morals". "Gammerstang" seems to be principally of british use; can any of our british readers shed further light? The word is too rarely used to find a published sample-sentence.
Das Wort, das im englischen eine "große, ungeschickte Frau" bezeichnet erinnert mich unweigerlich an "Jammerstange". Aber ob dies wirklich der Hintergrund des Wortes ist, konnte ich nicht klären.