fainaigue
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fainaigue — fainaiguer, n. /feuh nayg /, v.i., fainaigued, fainaiguing. 1. Brit. Dial. to shirk; evade work or responsibility. 2. to renege at cards. [of uncert. orig.] * * * … Universalium
fainaigue — verb a) To evade work or shirk responsibility b) To renege in card games … Wiktionary
fainaigue — fai·naigue … English syllables
fainaigue — fəˈnāg intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: origin unknown 1. dialect Britain : renege 2. dialect Britain : to shirk work * * * fainaiguer, n. /feuh nayg /, v.i., fainaigued, fainaiguing … Useful english dictionary
finagle — verb (finagled; finagling) Etymology: perhaps alteration of fainaigue to renege Date: circa 1924 transitive verb 1. to obtain by indirect or involved means < finagle a ride home > 2. to obtain by trickery < finagled his way into the concert > … New Collegiate Dictionary
finagle — finagler, n. /fi nay geuhl/, v., finagled, finagling. v.t. 1. to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often fol. by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune. 2. to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation: to… … Universalium
deceive — de·ceive vb de·ceived, de·ceiv·ing vt: to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid vi: to practice deceit compare defraud, mislead Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
finagle — fi|na|gle [fıˈneıgəl] v [T] AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: fainaigue to cheat ] to obtain something that is difficult to get by using unusual or unfair methods ▪ How he finagled four front row seats to the game I ll never know.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
finagle — (v.) 1926, American English, possibly a variant of English dialectal fainaigue to cheat or renege (at cards), of unknown origin. Liberman says finagle is from figgle, phonetic variant of fiddle fidget about, frequentative of fig. Related:… … Etymology dictionary
finagling — n devious machination, manoeuvre or manipulation. The word, which is some times used as a regular verb ( to fina gle ), is well established in the USA. It is said to derive from the archaic British dialect word fainaigue (meaning to cheat) … Contemporary slang
