riggle

See also: Riggle

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪɡəl

Etymology 1

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Noun

riggle (plural riggles)

(UK, dialect) The European lancefish.

Verb

riggle (third-person singular simple present riggles, present participle riggling, simple past and past participle riggled)

Archaic form of wriggle.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
  I must take care, knowing what an eеl I have to do with, that the little riggling rogue does not slip through my fingers

References

riggle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

ligger

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