miggle

[ mig-uhl ]

noun
  1. a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.

  2. miggles, (used with a singular verb) the game of marbles.

Origin of miggle

1
1890–95, Americanism; perhaps mig + (marb)le

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How to use miggle in a sentence

  • But in one I remember a postscript that had a little stab of our old intimacy: "Poor old Miggles is dead."

    Tono Bungay | H. G. Wells
  • Miggles simply outdoes herself, nursing her sick mother, ironing and otherwise helping Millie, and picking nuts for us.

    The houseboat book | William F. Waugh
  • Perhaps we all had the same picture before us—of Miggles walking through the rainy woods, with her savage guardian at her side.

    Selected Stories | Bret Harte
  • Miggles laughed again—it was a singularly eloquent laugh—and turned her black eyes and white teeth once more toward us.

    Selected Stories | Bret Harte
  • She looked her thanks, and then turned to Miggles, catching his broad rough hand in both of hers, and kissing it again and again.

    The Master of the Ceremonies | George Manville Fenn