Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hook in a chimney for slinging a pot; a hanger.
- noun A form of hanger by which the scabbard of a sword was suspended, attached not necessarily to the girdle, but sometimes to two rings fastened to the cuirass at its bottom edge, one over the left hip, the other near the middle of the back.
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Examples
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Palin apparently has so little hangle on any of the big issues that are currently being addressed, that rather than making any substantive contribution about healthcare or energy reform, the economy or evrn IRan, she just picks at silly stuff that none of us would even be aware of if she wasn't calling our attention to it.
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I have arranged a little barging too for my friend the Erl. The line will pass through a hangle of Bareacre Park.
The diary of C. Jeames De La Pluche, Esq., with his letters 2006
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I have arranged a little barging too for my friend the Erl. The line will pass through a hangle of Bareacre Park.
Burlesques 2006
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Fat gram-a computer program hangle-a detailed discussion.
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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I have arranged a little barging too for my friend the Erl. The line will pass through a hangle of Bareacre
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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A couple months ago, I made our Sec/Treasurer and Admin and he started getting the authorization e-mails which he had no idea how to hangle.
phpBB.com Rubiconlwb 2009
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I think hell be in nets against the pens too ... if he can handle back to backs with the wings and caps, he can certainly hangle this, no? likehoy on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 12: 01.
Habs Inside/Out 2009
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pg 216- there were some 500 switches inside the Apollo craft, covering surfaces everywhere- obviously this is the sort of thing that could be better miniaturized now, with a few computers to hangle those 500 switches.
Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon by Mike Gray patternjuggler 2004
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pg 216- there were some 500 switches inside the Apollo craft, covering surfaces everywhere- obviously this is the sort of thing that could be better miniaturized now, with a few computers to hangle those 500 switches.
Archive 2004-01-17 patternjuggler 2004
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It's lots of yakk, and hangle, andgordo lordo from engineers and techs my father keeps on retainer. "
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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