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gangrell

gangrell is the alternative form of gangrel.

Meaning of gangrel

Noun

gangrel (plural gangrels)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) A tramp, vagrant, vagabond.
    • Two men saw him on the road, and have recorded their experience. One was a gangrel, by name McNab, who was travelling from Gledsmuir to Allerkirk with a heavy pack on his back and a bowed head.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  2. (UK, dialectal) A tall awkward fellow.
  3. (UK, archaic) A child just beginning to walk; toddler.

Forms of gangrell

pluralgangrells

Questions about gangrell

What is gangrell the alternative form of?
Gangrell is the alternative form of gangrel.

Words near gangrell in the dictionary

  1. gangreen
  2. gangreened
  3. gangreening
  4. gangreens
  5. gangrel
  6. gangrell
  7. gangrells
  8. gangrels
  9. gangrenate
  10. gangrenated
  11. gangrenates

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