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
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 Leighton, Alexander
"An by the vestments, may be I wouldn't be far wrang, if I said it was the crathur that took me there, seein I can't deny it iny way, your haner."
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
“The path ’ll tak’ ye up to a laan,” said the quarryman, with a Dutch pronunciation of lane; “and t’ laan ’ll bring ye doon to Egton, if ye don’t tak’ t’ wrang turning.”
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
“Eh! mun, ye begin at wrang end,” was the answer.
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
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