Sango

Pronunciation

• Australia IPA: /ˈsæŋəʊ/
• Rhymes: -æŋəʊ

From sandwich + -o("diminutive suffix"). Australian from 1940s.

Full definition of sango

Noun

1. (dated, Australia, informal, colloquial) A sandwich. From 1940s.

Usage notes

Now more common is sanger.

Synonyms

• sanger Australia, informal
• sarnie UK, informal

Noun

1. (UK) A rudimentary wooden bridge in India.
• 1824, Alexander Gerard, Journal of an Excursion through the Himalayah Mountains, from Shipke to the Frontiers of Chinese Tartary, David Brewster (editor), The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 1: April—October, %22sangoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=NddufMuRHa&sig=YzT79C1gD5oOUn4eeY1fbxlZvKM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uYAeUOb0NoyXiAfP5YBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sangos%22|%22sangoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 219,We crossed it and another stream a little above their union by a couple of bad sangos, and ascended from its bed by a rocky footpath, winding amongst extensive forests of oak, yew, pine, and horse chesnut, to Camp.
• 1865, Henry Astbury Leveson, The Hunting Grounds of the Old World, %22sangoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=BvtML2KTcO&sig=DxdgK2ZdYjWZx4XCVCIASg1NYQ4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E4ceUKbpAeySiAf0toGwBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sangos%22|%22sangoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 459,Four large mountain torrents, the Dangalee, Dubrane, Loarnad, and Rindee Gadh, join the Ganges from the left bank, and have to be crossed by sangos.

Anagrams

• agons, Gaons, Goans