riggle
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See also: Riggle
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪɡəl
Etymology 1
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Noun
[edit]riggle (plural riggles)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]riggle (third-person singular simple present riggles, present participle riggling, simple past and past participle riggled)
- Archaic form of wriggle.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- I must take care, knowing what an eеl I have to do with, that the little riggling rogue does not slip through my fingers
References
[edit]- “riggle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.