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▪ I. † ˈwraggle, v.1 Obs. rare. In 3 wragel-, 6 Sc. wraggil, wraigle, 7 wragle. [See wrag v. and -le, and cf. WFris. wraggelje to waddle, LG. dial. wraggeln to wiggle, to wriggle.] 1. intr. To struggle or strive; to resist. Hence ˈwraggling vbl. n.a 1225 Ancr. R. 374 Þe oðer bitternesse is bitternes...
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The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
Under the title "The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies O!" Mu23-y3:030, "The Gypsy Laddie", unknown, 19C
NLScotland, L.C.Fol.178.A.2(092), "The Gipsy Laddie", unknown, c. 1875
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wragland
† wragland Obs. rare. [Of obscure origin. Perh. merely a var. of the erroneous form wranglan(d) cited s.v. wranlons; but cf. wraggle v.1] 1. (See quot. and cf. wranlons.)1611 Cotgr., Raboudris, wraglands; crooked, or misgrowne trees which will neuer proue timber. 2. (See quot. and cf. wreckling.)161...
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Ida Gandy
The gipsy Countess : a play founded on the old folk-song "The wraggle-taggle gipsies". Kelly: Village Drama Society, 1924.
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wrag
▪ I. wrag obs. erron. f. rag n.2 2.1844 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. VII. 63/1 Two stone offices..formed of Kentish wrag ashlar.▪ II. † wrag, v. Obs. rare—1. [Of imitative origin. Cf. wraggle v.1] intr. To struggle or strive; to resist. Hence wragging vbl. n.a 1275 Ancr. R. (MS. Cleopatra C. vi) fol. 17...
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Barbara Allen
The wraggle
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raggle-taggle
raggle-taggle, a. and n. (ˈræg(ə)lˌtæg(ə)l) Also wraggle-taggle. [App. fanciful var. rag-tag.] A. adj. Of a group of persons: ragged, rambling, straggling; disreputable, unorganized (freq. used in allusion to the song referred to in quot. 1904). Hence of a person and in extended use of appearance, e...
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Emma Overd
Overd's songs Bruton Town, Wraggle-Taggle Gipsies, Sweet Kitty and Geordie were included in the first volume of Sharp's and Marson's Folk Songs from Somerset
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wriggle
▪ I. wriggle, n. (ˈrɪg(ə)l) Also 8–9 riggle, 9 wreckle. [f. next. Cf. LG. wriggel wilfulness.] † 1. A piece of sophistry; a shift. Obs.—11675 Tullie Let. Baxter 14 To think such little wriggles and Evasions will pass for rational Discourse. 2. A quick writhing movement or flexion of the body, etc. A...
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wrestling
▪ I. wrestling, vbl. n. (ˈrɛslɪŋ) [f. wrestle v. + -ing1.] 1. a. The action or exercise of two persons grappling or gripping in a contest of strength and adroitness, the one endeavouring to throw the other by tripping or overbalancing him; the fact of contending or throwing in this manner. Also in f...
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