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miggle

[ mig-uhl ]
/ ˈmɪg əl /
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noun
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
miggles, (used with a singular verb) the game of marbles.
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Origin of miggle

1890–95, Americanism; perhaps mig + (marb)le

Words nearby miggle

Mifflin, miffy, Mifune, mig, migas, miggle, might, mightily, might makes right, mightn't, mighty
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How to use miggle in a sentence

  • What you call a miggle-maggle is what these things were made to be.

    Memoirs of a Midget|Walter de la Mare

  • He was eager, too, to see whether the other miggle things had grown into flowers in his absence.

    Tommy Tregennis|Mary Elizabeth Phillips

  • Ruthie ran to the desk and gathered together the six blades and the “miggle feather.”

    Tommy Tregennis|Mary Elizabeth Phillips
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