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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1872

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GANGERY, n. Finery. Also in Yks. dial.n.Sc. 1872 N. & Q. (4th Series) X. 66:
An antique oaken cupboard or wardrobe, within which hung articles of female attire, the cover of which he [a farmer] opened . . . with the remark, "That's far my wife keeps her gangery."

[From Gang, v., + suff. -ery (phs. under the influence of Eng. finery), quasi the clothes one walks abroad in.]

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