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
I aye tak' my cue, as it were, frae her, though I dinna tell her that; an', where colour is concerned, whether in papers or bonnets, I never think she's far wrang.
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
“What’s wrang wi’ ye now?” inquired his spouse as he dropped morosely into a chair and answered but sourly a hearty greeting from a visitor.
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
Ye'll no' gang far wrang if ye're guided by Betty.—Eh,
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
By my certie, but the chiels were no far wrang.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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