Definitions
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- noun A
start-up ;beginning ;commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); asetting inmotion . - noun
Rowdy or unrestrainedbehaviour ;antics .
Etymologies
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From Middle English *ongang, *ongong, from Old English ongang ("entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship"), equivalent to on- + gang.
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Examples
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"Weel, mem, jist ye put on yer black silk again the morn's nicht, an 'come ower aboot aucht o'clock; an' ye'll be able to jeedge by her ongang whan ye're no i 'the hoose, gien there be onything amiss wi' Jean.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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