† Cringle-crangle. World English Historical Dictionary

† Cringle-crangle. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. † Cringle-crangle

a., adv. and sb. Obs. exc. dial. [Frequentative reduplication of CRANGLE; cf. CRINKLE-CRANKLE.]

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  A.  adj. Winding in and out, twisted, having twists and turns. Also advb.

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1606.  Chapman, Gentl. Usher, Plays 1873, I. 261. The busky groues … With cringle-crangle hornes do ring alowd.

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1781.  J. Hutton, Tour to Caves, Gloss., Cringle-crangle adv., zig-zag.

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1869.  Lonsdale Gloss., Cring’l-crang’l, zigzag.

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  B.  sb. A zigzag; a mass of twists and turns.

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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.

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1739.  Poor 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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