Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To act like or have the motions of a fugleman.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb colloq. To maneuver; to move hither and thither.

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  • verb colloquial To manoeuvre; to move around.

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Examples

  • Fewer to feud and rompant culotticism, a fugle for the glee — men and save, sit and sew.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • Either to play (both solo) the oboe, or some new brass instrument that looks like a fugle horn, but is written in alto clef and sounds like an oboe.

    yanxious Diary Entry yanxious 2005

  • These were the "file-leaders," the "fugle-men," and "heads of messes;" and it was by a judicious management of these, that he was able to acquire and retain an extensive influence.

    Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel

  • As the royal cortège passed along the line, the soldiers doffed their caps, and when it arrived at the centre of each regiment, the fugle-man gave a signal, and they raised a loud shout, followed by a short expressive ejaculation, in their native language, which means, "God save the Emperor!"

    Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 John Auldjo

  • "In Danish we call a beard a _fugle_" (pronounced _fool_.) "Then," I said, pretending to be offended, "I sing like a fool?"

    The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 1886

  • Gewāt þā ofer wǣg-holm winde gefȳsed flota fāmig-heals fugle gelīcost, oð þæt ymb ān-tīd ōðres dōgores

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Gewât þâ ofer wæg-holm winde gefýsed flota fâmig-heals fugle gelîcost, ôð þät ymb ân-tîd ôðres dôgores

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • House servants were of course, "the stars" of the party; all eyes were turned to them to see how they conducted, for they, among slaves, are what a military man would call "fugle-men."

    Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a freeman--, 1793-1860 1857

  • House servants were of course, “the stars” of the party; all eyes were turned to them to see how they conducted, for they, among slaves, are what a military man would call “fugle-men.”

    Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Steward, Austin, 1794-1860 1856

  • Modak is Modako; but fogle - foggle is not fugle-fi.

    Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855

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