gangrel

American  

[gang-gruhl, -ruhl] / ˈgæŋ grəl, -rəl /

noun

British Dialect.

1. a lanky, loose-jointed person.

2. a wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.

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gangrel British  

/ ˈɡæŋrəl, ˈɡæŋɡrəl /

noun

1. a wandering beggar

2. a child just able to walk; toddler

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Etymology

Origin of gangrel

1300–50; Middle English; See gang ¹, -rel; cf. gangling

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Example Sentences

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gangrel

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

"I'm a chief's man noo, and I'll harbour nae gangrel loons on the lands o' Kennedy."

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

But tell me, good Gerard, how it is that thou art so willing to leave kith and kin to follow a gangrel wife along the ways? 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris

And terrors that Tartarus bred Assail each kingdom treblefold: A gangrel clan that someone flayed, Skirr thro' the dungeoned halls in flight And seek the caverns of the dead.

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by Jean de Esque

Some gangrel men came to Lithend from the east across Markfleet, and said that Swart had been in Redslip, and hewn wood, and done a deal of work.

From The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor by Unknown

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