mangle
verb (used with object)
to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing.
mangler
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a word derived from
mangle.
Example Sentences
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Norm Crosby, 93, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, died Nov. 7 of heart failure in Los Angeles.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2020
Americans who remember Ike at all tend to recall a do-little President or a mangler of sentences at press conferences.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jimmy Durante is, for example, no ordinary word mangler.
From Time Magazine Archive
O Mrs Higden, Mrs Higden, you was a woman and a mother and a mangler in a million million!'
From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
When nearly dry, mangle it; if you have not a mangler, wrap it up in a clean white cloth and press it under a heavy weight till perfectly dry.
