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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb colloquial To
manoeuvre ; to move around.
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Examples
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Fewer to feud and rompant culotticism, a fugle for the glee — men and save, sit and sew.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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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
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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
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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
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"In Danish we call a beard a _fugle_" (pronounced _fool_.) "Then," I said, pretending to be offended, "I sing like a fool?"
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Gewāt þā ofer wǣg-holm winde gefȳsed flota fāmig-heals fugle gelīcost, oð þæt ymb ān-tīd ōðres dōgores
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Gewât þâ ofer wæg-holm winde gefýsed flota fâmig-heals fugle gelîcost, ôð þät ymb ân-tîd ôðres dôgores
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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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
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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
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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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