embroglio
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of embroglio
Confused with embroil
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To this last embroglio thar is––an' could be––no deefense, Jack bein' so amiable that havin' trouble with him is like goin' to the floor with your own image in the glass.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
The embroglio was of his making; it must be for him to get them out of the hobble.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
Huggins is goin' to take all the chances of this embroglio.'
From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry
The grounds for my objection on that score will appear in the next chapter, which deals with the Missouri embroglio, as it was called.
From The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights by Hume, John F. (John Ferguson)
But the apology would require an explanation—the embroglio was curious and complicated—and the explanation could only be properly understood by giving the details viva voce.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne
Although I am not deficient in personal bravery, as I had opportunity to prove in my student-days, and afterwards in political embroglios, it is not my nature to seek for perils.
From The Lonely House by Streckfuss, Adolph
The most serious of these Cabinet embroglios occurred late in December of 1862, while Lincoln was well-nigh overwhelmed by Burnside's dreadful repulse at Fredericksburg.
From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)
Thar's other embroglios more or less smoky an' permiscus, which gets pulled off one way an' another, but they ain't held to apply to us of rights.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
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