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  • 41Wrangled — Wrangle Wran gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrangling}.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See {Wrong}, {Wring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly… …

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  • 42Wrangling — Wrangle Wran gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrangling}.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See {Wrong}, {Wring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly… …

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  • 43wrangler — wrangle ► NOUN ▪ a long and complicated dispute or argument. ► VERB 1) engage in a wrangle. 2) N. Amer. round up or take charge of (livestock). DERIVATIVES wrangler noun. ORIGIN perhaps related to Low German wrangen to struggle …

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  • 44quarrel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. altercation, wrangle, squabble, spat (inf.); dispute, controversy, feud. v. i. dispute, disagree, wrangle, squabble; find fault. See discord, disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An angry dispute]… …

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  • 45Rangall — This unusual and intriguing name is of either Anglo Saxon or Old Scandinavian origin, and is a locational surname deriving from the village of Wrangle, situated near Boston in Lincolnshire. The place is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as… …

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  • 46dispute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. contradict, controvert, doubt, contest, question; argue, debate, quarrel, bicker, wrangle. n. disputation, debate, argument, disagreement. See discord, negation, reasoning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …

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  • 47squabble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. quarrel, bicker, altercate, fall out. n. falling out, quarrel, dispute, wrangle, spat, argument. See contention, discord. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wrangle, bickering, quarrel, spat*; see dispute .… …

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  • 48quarrel# — quarrel n Quarrel, wrangle, altercation, squabble, bickering, spat, tiff are comparable when they mean a dispute marked by anger or discord on both sides. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are found in their corresponding… …

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  • 49Old Leake railway station — Old Leake Station in 2007 Location Place Old Leake …

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  • 50Rangeley — This is an English locational surname. Recorded as Rangle, Rangel, Rangell, Rangley, Rangeley, Wrangle and probably others, it is believed to originate from the village of Wrangle, near Boston in the county of Lincolnshire. First recorded in the… …

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