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finagle, v. colloq. (orig. U.S.).|fɪˈneɪg(ə)l|
Also fin(n)agel, finaygle, phe-.
[ad. Eng. dial. fainaigue to cheat. See E.D.D. and cf. renegue v.]
intr. To use dishonest or devious methods to bring something about; to fiddle. Also trans., to ‘wangle’, to scheme, to get (something) by trickery. So fiˈnagling vbl. n.
1926in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 216/1 Finagle, U.S. political cant. 1926Anderson & Stallings What Price Glory 111, I'm a weary man, and I don't want any finnagelling from you. 1933P. Cain Fast One (1936) vii. 250 Turn her over to me in the open and without any finaygling. 1936Writer's Digest Oct. 4 Discounting any possible editorial finageling..the solid fact remains that opposing politically minded people do cancel subscriptions. 1941Time 9 June 19/3 Months of diplomatic finagling necessary to interview key men. 1941Word Study Nov. 1/2 Variety..insists on describing Bergen's high art [sc. ventriloquism] as ‘tonsilar phenagling’. 1954J. B. Priestley Magicians vi. 120 All the time trying it on, fiddling and finagling, selling anybody out for fourpence. 1955W. W. Denlinger Compl. Boston 173 Any attempt to fudge or finagle or to get ahead of the other fellow will be recognized by the judge for what it is. 1955Publ. Amer. Dialect Soc. xxiv. 164 Big business is trying..to phenagle us all out of a dollar. 1959Spectator 11 Sept. 320/1 The Western members [of the Security Council] managed to finagle their resolution..out of reach of the Soviet Union's veto. 1966Punch 28 Dec. 954/2, I soon finagled my way past the innumerable porters. |