Hanger
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Hanger or hangers may refer to:
Hardware
Clothes hanger , a device in the shape of human shoulders or legs used to hang clothes on
Casing hanger , part of a wellhead assembly in oil drilling
Derailleur hanger , a slot in a bicycle frame where the derailleur bolt attaches
Tie (engineering) , a type of structural member
Hanger, part of a skateboard
Hanger, a sword similar to a cutlass , used by woodsmen and soldiers in 17th to 18th centuries
A hanger, a vertical cable or rod connecting the roadway of a suspension bridge to the bridge's main cable or arch
People
Mostyn Hanger (1908–1980), judge, chief justice of Queensland, Australia, and administrator of Queensland
Percy Hanger (1889–1939), English footballer
Places
Hanger Lane , a stretch of the North Circular Road in London, England
Hanger River or Anger River, a river in west central Ethiopia
Hangers Way , a 21-mile long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England
Slang
Hanger (barbershop music) , a long note sung by one voice in a barbershop music song
Monkey hanger , a British term for people from Hartlepool, England
Hanger, or specky , a slang term for spectacular mark in Australian rules football
Hangers, American slang for large, pendulous breasts
Other uses
Hanger (film) a 2009 horror film
Hanger steak , a tender cut of steak
Hanger, Inc. , prosthetic and orthotic provider in the United States
An old English word for a wooded slope from the Old English word hangra , preserved in English place names such as Hanger Lane
See also
Topics referred to by the same term