Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Adorned with spangles; set with many small bright objects. Compare
star-spangled . - Having numerous small pointed markings on the wing or body. In spangled pigeons the markings are on the ‘shoulder,’ or bend of the wing; in fowls, such as the spangled Hamburgs, they occur on the body as well. Spangles differ from checkers in being smaller and more numerous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
spangle . - adjective Having
spangles
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- adjective covered with beads or jewels or sequins
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Examples
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Fanny Assingham might really have been there, at all events, like one of the assistants in the ring at the circus, to keep up the pace of the sleek revolving animal on whose back the lady in short spangled skirts should brilliantly caper and posture.
The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879
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Fanny Assingham might really have been there, at all events, like one of the assistants in the ring at the circus, to keep up the pace of the sleek revolving animal on whose back the lady in short spangled skirts should brilliantly caper and posture.
The Golden Bowl — Volume 2 Henry James 1879
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Fanny Assingham might really have been there, at all events, like one of the assistants in the ring at the circus, to keep up the pace of the sleek revolving animal on whose back the lady in short spangled skirts should brilliantly caper and posture.
The Golden Bowl — Volume 2 Henry James 1879
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Fanny Assingham might really have been there, at all events, like one of the assistants in the ring at the circus, to keep up the pace of the sleek revolving animal on whose back the lady in short spangled skirts should brilliantly caper and posture.
The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879
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Fanny Assingham might really have been there, at all events, like one of the assistants in the ring at the circus, to keep up the pace of the sleek revolving animal on whose back the lady in short spangled skirts should brilliantly caper and posture.
The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879
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Fanny Assingham might really have been there, at all events, like one of the assistants in the ring at the circus, to keep up the pace of the sleek revolving animal on whose back the lady in short spangled skirts should brilliantly caper and posture.
The Golden Bowl — Volume 2 Henry James 1879
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The angel Gabriel descends from the skies, attended by his ministering angels, all radiant in spangled wings, and deprecates the hard lot of the prophet's offspring; the King of the Gins, or Genii, with his army, appears, and follows the angelic example.
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The fish, believed to be a small white type called the spangled perch, are common in northern Australia.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Plus, I always had a problem with the term "spangled" ... don't ask me why.
flags 2005
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Anyway, I know that about a couple of hours later the tree looked as if it were all kind of spangled with gold like a Christmas tree.
Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike Percy Keese Fitzhugh 1913
bilby commented on the word spangled
"The stag party then returned to Wayne’s rented villa before they were expected to set out for another night of excess in the Pacha nightclub. A night earlier his (sic) kicked off the party by informing his pals of his intention to get 'spangled tonight'.
The phrase is understood to be a Liverpudlian expression for enjoying a heavy night out with copious amounts of alcohol resulting in the inevitable next morning hangover."
- Christian Gysin and Simon Cable, 'Stag ahoy! Wayne Rooney takes to the high seas in Ibiza after a big night out', Mail Online, 6 June 2008.
June 8, 2008