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Definition of Bangled
1. wearing bangles [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bangled
Literary usage of Bangled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"Ash. bangled. Corn or young shoots are said to be bangled when beaten about by
the rain or wind. ..."
2. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"... to beat ; and to beat signifies to excel.] Huge, beating or excelling in size
other things of the same kind. Common in many parts. bangled, part. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"bangled. (i) When cocked hats were worn, one of the sides was sometimes let down to
... The hat was said to be bangled. Also said of a round hat with a ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"bangled, part. p. Corn or young shoots, when beaten about by the rain or wind,
are bangled. East. BANGLE-EARED, adj. Having loose and hanging ears. ..."
5. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"bangled, part, when cocked hats were worn, one . of the sides was sometimes ...
The hat was said to be bangled. It is even now said of a round hat with a ..."
6. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"bangled. Corn or young shoots are said to be bangled when beaten about by the
rain or wind. A dangled hat means one bent down or slouched. East. ..."
7. A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia: Founded on that of Forby : with by Walter Rye, Robert Forby (1895)
"bangled, (i) When cocked hats were worn, one of the sides was sometimes let ...
The hat was said to be bangled. Also said of a round hat with a broad and ..."
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