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gangrels

gangrels is the plural 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.

Questions about gangrels

What is gangrels the plural of?
Gangrels is the plural of gangrel.

Words near gangrels in the dictionary

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

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