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  • noun a person who wangles

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  • noun a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods

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Examples

  • At Cambridge, he had gained a reputation as a “wangler” a wheeler-dealer even before he arrived.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Louis, as “senior wangler,” was seen as someone who could convince anyone of anything.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • His fellow students now called him the “senior wangler.”

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • At Cambridge, he had gained a reputation as a “wangler” a wheeler-dealer even before he arrived.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Louis, as “senior wangler,” was seen as someone who could convince anyone of anything.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • His fellow students now called him the “senior wangler.”

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • If ever there was a classic example of a wangler it's Sarah Palin. wan·gle v. wan·gled, wan·gling, wan·gles Informal v. tr.

    corrente SBL 2008

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