wrang
Britishadjective
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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
Then up bespak his brither John, Says, "Ye've deen us meikle wrang, O; Ye've married een below our degree,55 A lake to a' our kin, O."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Ye'll no' gang far wrang if ye're guided by Betty.—Eh,
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
If he gaes lang his ain errands, an' she doesna make her appearance, I'll conclude, frae what I hae seen and heard, that there's something wrang.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
"Thoo wasn't far wrang," exclaimed a hard featured man, with an austere voice, to his next neighbour, sitting by the side of the ring—"Thoo wasn't far wrang, when thoo said Wilson wad throw him."
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
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