wangle

Other secretaries had used their nearness to him to wangle acting or dancing or singing assignments on other and lesser shows.

Wangle; the handful of straw a thatcher grasps in his left hand from time to time while thatching, twisted up tight at one end.

I had a specially bad one, and managed with great skill to wangle a fortnight's sick leave in Paris.

And the old Cats said, "Be particularly careful not to meddle with a clangle-wangle if you should see one."