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Definition of Finagled
1. finagle [v] - See also: finagle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finagled
Literary usage of Finagled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"But we finally finagled them out. Getting the rubber tanks up was easier, because
they were somewhat flexible, and we could get them around obstructions. ..."
2. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1855)
"... from eating things finagled in their blood. — bat this only in reference to
animals found dead, in opposition to the practice of barbarians: Sanguine ..."
3. The Politics of Law and Order: A History of the Bavarian Einwohnerwehr, 1918 by David Clay Large (1980)
"During his stay he finagled an audience with the Lion of Judah himself, Menelik
II, whom he so impressed that he was invited to return two years later. ..."
4. Russian Money Laundering: Congressional Hearing edited by James A. Leach (2001)
"US taxpayers get hit coming (foreign aid) and going (bailouts) and innocent
foreigners' property is finagled away either from, or on account of, ..."
5. Sir Walter Ralegh and His Colony in America: Including the Charter of Queen by Walter Raleigh, Arthur Barlow, Richard Grenville, Ralph Lane, Thomas Hariot, John White (1884)
"... being either finagled from their company, or landed there by fome men of warre.
JUNE. s” St. Domingo is about four hun- ..."
6. The Enlisted Experience: A Conversation with the Chief Master Sergeants of edited by Janet R. Bednarek (1998)
"I thought I was pretty smart; I finagled a "'Matagorda Island and Peninsula, off
the south coast of Texas, along with several other locations in the south ..."
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