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

Example Sentences

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gangrel

Now those gangrel women whom they had put across the Fleet came to Bergthorsknoll, and Bergthora asked whence they came, but they answered, "Away east under Eyjafell."

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

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

In thir uncovenantit lands The gangrel Scot uplifts his hands At lack of a' sectarian fush'n, An' cauld religious destitution.

From Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

There's little mair to tell," he said, "for a gangrel life is nane o' the liveliest.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan