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sprauchles

sprauchles is the plural of sprauchle.

sprauchles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sprauchle.

Meaning of sprauchle

Noun

sprauchle (plural sprauchles)

  1. (Scotland) An awkward or struggling movement; stumble.
    • Well, Sir, just when the gentlemen had got within three yards of her, Nelly geid a bit awckward sprauchle, an' shot out a leg, but whether Nelly had mistaken her distance, or whether the men were up to her fa'en system an' wadna bite, never clearly appeared; but they werna forward in time to catch...1830, Andrew Picken, The dominie's legacy, by the author of 'The sectarian'., page 137

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Questions about sprauchles

What is sprauchles the plural of?
Sprauchles is the plural of sprauchle.

Words near sprauchles in the dictionary

  1. sprattling
  2. Spratton
  3. Spratts
  4. sprauchle
  5. sprauchled
  6. sprauchles
  7. sprauchling
  8. sprauncier
  9. spraunciest
  10. sprauncy
  11. sprawl

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