gangling
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gangling
1800–10; akin to obsolete gangrel gangling person; cf. gang 1
Example Sentences
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Gangling "Brick Top" Eddy never went to high school.
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Gangling, brown-haired Shult, assistant to a professor at Southern Illinois University, seemed to be just one more recruit when he reported to Fort Lee, Va. last April.
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Gangling Mark Clark dropped in for a look, transferred from his Piper Cub to a jeep, toured for three hours, a Partisan guide roosting on the hood.
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Gangling John Henry is a goodhearted scientist who has discovered a mildly radioactive substance called Taurum while experimenting with gold at an atomic pile.
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Gangling Dan Voll, 18, is one of the stock boys at Pacemaker Foods in Rockford, Ill. Teresa Slowen works part time as a waitress in the Sundance Restaurant in Santa Fe, N. Mex.
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