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单词 miggle
释义

migglen.

Brit. /ˈmɪɡl/, U.S. /ˈmɪɡ(ə)l/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mig n.2, -le suffix.
Etymology: Apparently from < mig n.2 + -le suffix. Compare later miggie n., and see discussion in the etymology at mig n.2
U.S. regional.
A marble, esp. one made from baked clay. Also (in plural): the game of marbles.
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1890 Dial. Notes 1 76Miggles’ is the generic name for marbles, also meaning the commonest clay marbles.
1906 Amer. Illustr. Mag. Mar. 562/1 Boys garner birds' eggs, door knobs, chalk, and miggles.
1940 Recreation (New York) 34 110 A list of the many games of marbles played throughout the country follows:..miggles, mibs.
1969 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) at Mig The plain ones [sc. marbles] are the ones that you try to hit the set-up with... Then the other guys would try to hit that set-up with the common marbles. But meanwhile all the common marbles you took in were yours, and that was miggles.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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