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  • noun One who is strange, foreign, or unusual; stranger.

Etymologies

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From strange +‎ -ling.

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Examples

  • Obama and his cronies are strangeling the golden goose.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Is this strangeling by some new politically corect piss, whats the difference? on December 14, 2006 at 6: 46 pm | Reply Dave

    Default Setting - We are sorry « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006

  • Zooey says: if you saw a woman strangeling her 1 year old baby in the supermarket, and when you tried to stop her from killing the child if she told you “It is my business and my choice” would you walk away and let her kill the child, or would you try to stop it????

    Think Progress » The Senate Doesn’t Trust Clergy 2006

  • It looked so ignorant, so stupid; it marked one so hopelessly as a recruit; Rhoda's cheeks burned crimson; she looked searchingly round to see if by chance any other strangeling had fallen into the same error, but, so far as bands were concerned, she was solitary among the throng.

    Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story George de Horne Vaizey 1887

  • She pictured to herself the hapless strangeling borne away from her bosom by those strong arms, and -- in fact she sobbed so that Ginx grew ashamed, and sought to comfort her by the suggestion that she could not have any more.

    Ginx's Baby. His Birth and other Misfortunes: A Satire 1871

  • This administration is strangeling that with regulations.....

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • As much as you guys love the influence you have with it, your military is strangeling your finances and could easily handle moderate cutbacks at this point.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

  • Sounds like he was asked the question if Martins would consider going to a club like Arsenal et al and gave an answer that most agents and players would give, I dont think he deserves strangeling for it lol

    Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2009

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