Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete spelling of
wriggle . - noun A species of sand-eel, the Ammodytes lancea, or small-mouthed lance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. The European lance fish.
- intransitive verb See
wriggle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect The
European lancefish .
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Examples
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OVER & OUT No matter how much they riggle, the Regime of old men, the Army, US 'Advisors', their Dam has been breached.
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OVER & OUT No matter how much they riggle, the Regime of old men, the Army, US 'Advisors', their Dam has been breached.
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MP's do not seem to realise that no matter how they squirm and riggle a sizeable proportion of the "can be bothered" electorate have had enough.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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_broyer, "to grind_;" others from _brocader, to cavil or riggle_; others deduce broker from a trader _broken_, and that from the Saxon _broc_,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 346, December 13, 1828 Various
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