Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being zigzag; angular crookedness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being
zigzag ;crookedness .
Etymologies
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zigzag + -ery
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Examples
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If he manages to walk his shoes straight in the zigzaggery ways of the law, he will be one of that grand breed called ` exceptions. '
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A zigzaggery, indeed, was this journey from Nîmes to my Pyrenean valley.
In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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If he manages to walk his shoes straight in the zigzaggery ways of the law, he will be one of that grand breed called 'exceptions.'
The Man Between, an International Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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