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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of wangle.

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Examples

  • Nothing daunted, Mid soon "wangled" permission to become attached to the

    Night Bombing with the Bedouins Robert Henry Reece

  • A friend of his, who had held it, had enlarged upon the delightful hypocrisy of the sleepy little capital, where everything was engineered and "wangled" for the comfort of the

    A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

  • "wangled" leave; I did myself see an application which would have wrung scalding tears from the eyes of a stoat, whose moving theme originated entirely in the fertile brain of one of the man's comrades.

    With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett

  • "The kindest fate sent me across -- I 'wangled' a passport -- really serious war work, and here I am for a fortnight, even in war time one

    Man and Maid Elinor Glyn 1903

  • Busted by her employer for fraud, she wangled a slot at Hampshire College.

    Jesse Kornbluth: Gabrielle Hamilton: From Wild Child to Successful Restaurateur Jesse Kornbluth 2011

  • In 1878 he wangled the post of superintendent of the White River Indian Agency in a cold, remote valley, a region that interested white miners.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Although they wangled an invitation to the CBI, they dropped their opening-round game March 17 to College of Charleston, ending the season at 20-13.

    Eastern Kentucky - Team Notes 2010

  • Although they wangled an invitation to the CBI, they dropped their opening-round game March 17 to College of Charleston, ending the season at 20-13.

    Ohio Valley Conference 2010

  • He just wangled an all day expedition to an off the road interesting local area and an orchid farm.

    Where to Find Friends for Travel in Back Country 2009

  • Busted by her employer for fraud, she wangled a slot at Hampshire College.

    Jesse Kornbluth: Gabrielle Hamilton: From Wild Child to Successful Restaurateur Jesse Kornbluth 2011

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