释义 |
wringle-wrangle rare—1. [Reduplication of wrangle n. with change of vowel as in jingle-jangle, tingle-tangle, etc.] Controversial argument; wordy disputation.[Cf.1832Lytton Eugene A. ii. viii, They be so..quarrelsome..; wringle, wrangle, wrongle, snap, growl, scratch.] 1882Besant All Sorts xlv, The House was not sitting, and there was no wringle-wrangle of debates to furnish material for the columns. |