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gangrel
[ gang-gruhl, -ruhl ]
noun
, British Dialect.
- a lanky, loose-jointed person.
- a wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.
gangrel
/ ˈɡæŋrəl; ˈɡæŋɡrəl /
noun
- a wandering beggar
- a child just able to walk; toddler
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gangrel1
C16: from Old English gangan to go 1
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Example Sentences
But tell me, good Gerard, how it is that thou art so willing to leave kith and kin to follow a gangrel wife along the ways?
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The female replied in his stead, 'O aye, sir—troth we have a partner—a gangrel body like oursells.
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Is it a wonder that very soon we had the slouch of the gangrel and the cunning aspect of the thief?
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It happened once that some gangrel women came to Lithend from Bergthorsknoll; they were great gossips and rather spiteful tongued.
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And what gangrel loon is this that ye are bringing to the door by the hand?
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