gangrel
Americannoun
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a lanky, loose-jointed person.
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a wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.
noun
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a wandering beggar
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a child just able to walk; toddler
Etymology
Origin of gangrel
Example Sentences
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Forth with you for a mocker and a gangrel loon!”—speaking in our common Scots,—“and herd with the base thieves from whom you came, coward and mocking malapert!”
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
The female replied in his stead, 'O aye, sir—troth we have a partner—a gangrel body like oursells.
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
"Some gangrel body, precious Mr. John," he said.
From Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan
“Nay, our Lady,” said the King’s Son, “thou art jesting with me; thou and thy might and thy wisdom, and all that thy wisdom may command, to be over-mastered by a gangrel churl!”
From Wood Beyond the World by William Morris
But noo the auld city, street by street, An' winter fu' o' snaw an' sleet, Awhile shut in my gangrel feet An' goavin' mettle; Noo is the soopit ingle sweet, An' liltin' kettle.
From Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson
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