wrang
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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I wrang my hands over these jokes when I began to notice a confluence of them.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2021
Ye micht check me when I gang wrang.'
From A Practical Novelist by Davidson, John
I'm quite sure aboot that pairt o't; but of coorse he's wrang aboot the burial.
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
The veriest "de'il"—as Burns says—"wad look into thy face and swear he could na wrang thee."
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
Poor Tibby!—as lang as the heart disna gang wrang, we maun excuse the head, for it'll never aince gang right.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
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