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单词 cringle-crangle
释义 cringle-crangle, a., adv. and n. Obs. exc. dial.
[Frequentative reduplication of crangle; cf. crinkle-crankle.]
A. adj. Winding in and out, twisted, having twists and turns. Also advb.
1606Chapman Gentl. Usher Plays 1873 I. 261 The busky groues..With cringle-crangle hornes do ring alowd.1781J. Hutton Tour to Caves Gloss., Cringle-crangle adv., zig-zag.1869Lonsdale Gloss., Cring'l-crang'l, zig-zag.
B. n. A zigzag; a mass of twists and turns.
16..English Rogue 111 (N.), I had prepared a deal of scribble or cringle crangle, and so from thence began to take the height of her fortune.1739Poor Robin (N.), When Don Phœbus enters that cringle-crangle which the rablers would have to be a pair of heavenly scales.
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