fingle-fangle

noun

A trifle; something of no importance.

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Meanings

nounfingle-fangle (plural fingle-fangles)

plural fingle-fangles

  1. obsoleteA trifle; something of no importance.

    […]each fingle-fangle on which they doat

    1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC
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    We agree in nothing, but to wrangle About the slightest fingle-fangle

    1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part III Canto III line 453

Origin

From fangle.

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APA

fingle-fangle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingle-fangle

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Chicago

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