| 单词 | wangle |
| 例句 | But the long wait was quickly forgotten anyway, when Prosper pulled the money from his jacket that he had wangled out of the redbeard. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z With Everest, the most difficult of the septet, already taken care of, Hall and Ball wangled backing from a big electrical utility, Power Build, and were on their way. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Order of Merlin, Second Class, I’d say. First Class, if I can wangle it!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He abandons an academia-bound path, and, despite his “father’s odor among the old guard,” wangles a job offer from a shadowy HQ-linked businessman. ‘The Mulberry Bush’ is enriched by Charles McCarry’s real-life spycraft 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Three years later, I wangled a spot in “Nonfiction Workshop,” a class taught by William Zinsser, a New York City newspaperman turned freelance magazine writer who had reinvented himself as a teacher of writing. Tuesdays with William Zinsser 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z He figures he can wangle a business trip that will take them to the U.S. at the same time. If Kate Middleton Were a Disney Princess... 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z This is caricature rather than character-based, saying more about how the world is run – and wangled – than about the world itself. This House; Scenes from an Execution; Damned by Despair – review 2012-10-13T23:06:27Z Once he tried to wangle a legitimate PhD from the University of Manchester. Review | ‘The Professor and the Parson’ tries to make sense of a narcissistic con man who fooled nearly everyone 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z As the Iraq war heated up, he became obsessively curious about the conflict and wangled his way there to witness it. Good acting can’t save ‘Now Comes the Night’ at 1st Stage 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z She wangled visits through preservation society connections and sometimes lawyers. Antiques: Mahogany’s History in Slavery in the Caribbean 2012-08-23T22:00:55Z Loach wangled it with the club so that he could miss a bit of training. How Martin Compston shimmied from football to films 2010-08-26T22:39:00Z She also managed to wangle herself a deal with the late August Wilson to have exclusive rights to direct his work in the UK; she's currently on the sixth of his 10-play cycle. Paulette Randall interview: 'You never know what's round the corner, do you?' 2013-07-09T15:15:02Z Tartuffe in Tartuffe by Molière Probably the most famous hypocrite in literature, Tartuffe is an impoverished conman who wangles his way into the home of the well-to-do Orgon. Paul Murray's top 10 wicked clerics 2010-03-17T15:38:00Z He wangled the financing from an Italian television station, left for London in 1955 and began filming performances by the jazz traditionalist Chris Barber at the Royal Festival Hall. Giorgio Gomelsky, Impresario Who Gave the Rolling Stones Their Start, Dies at 81 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z With the help of the only teacher who didn’t think I was nuts, I wangled a job at a resort in Colorado by saying I was a college student, a small fib. A Prairie Prologue in Nebraska 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Somehow she has wangled a meeting with a West Coast publisher. Review: ‘Cas & Dylan,’ a Road Movie Starring Richard Dreyfuss 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z After telling him to get rid of the explosions, Silver wangled him $15m from Warners. Iron Man 3 marks a Marvel-lous return for Shane Black 2013-04-19T13:00:00Z This last-ditch attempt at stardom is going to flop spectacularly but they might be able to wangle their own Snog Marry Avoid special out of it. This week's new singles 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z As a Columbia freshman, Mr. Simmons was sure of himself enough to wangle his way into the poet and professor Mark Van Doren’s Shakespeare class. Charles Simmons, Novelist and Critic, Dies at 92 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z When his voice changed, he wangled his way into a job as the host of a teenage dance show, “Rucker’s Rumpus Room.” Clay Cole, Host of Teenage Dance Shows, Dies at 72 2010-12-24T05:36:12Z He had a taste for the hustle; obsessed with Berry Gordy's Motown label in Detroit, Clinton worked up some songs with his friends in the neighborhood and wangled an audition at the label. George Clinton's funk chronicle, 'Brothas Be, Yo Like George' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z When Scotty wangles an audience with the all-powerful Bennie in Bennie’s New York office, he arrives armed with a fish that he caught in the East River. Books of The Times: Jennifer Egan?s ?Visit From the Goon Squad? 2010-06-21T00:10:00Z Sharp is jealous of Bellini's television success and, more specifically, her invitation to an awards ceremony, making his young reporter impersonate Jeremy Clarkson and President Sarkozy on the phone to try and wangle some tickets. The Sharp End 2010-06-07T05:44:00Z Seacrest wangled a shift on an Atlanta radio station when he was still in high school. Ryan Seacrest: 'Rockin' in another year on ABC 2012-12-29T16:45:10Z Even when I was filming “Clifford,” I managed to somehow wangle my way into getting onto a flight and going back for three days of Glastonbury, and I was just floating. Jack Whitehall Will Do Anything to Get to the Glastonbury Festival 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z After the war, American friends arranged a view camera for her via the United States military, and she wangled rare permission to photograph the ruins. Art Once Hidden From Hitler, Now on View 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z I wangled my way into an assistant job at MTV, despite not being able to tell Pearl Jam from Nirvana. Wendy Shanker: Madonna is my guru 2010-05-09T21:00:00Z A story by one Chicago Tribune reporter who wangled his way to Nagasaki wasn’t just censored but destroyed. In deft, distressing ‘Apocalypse Factory,’ Seattle author details Hanford’s role in the dawn of the nuclear age 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Back in the 1940s, his father was "most upset", Mascord remembers, when he wangled a projectionist traineeship at Tyseley cinema, Birmingham. My wonderful life in cinema 2011-02-15T20:00:02Z The relationship between Weill and Brecht — the latter of whom managed to wangle the lion's share of "Threepenny" royalties — only deteriorated from there. 'The Partnership' looks anew at Brecht's creative circle 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The tears run down my cheeks and the tears run down his cheeks and the next thing I know, he has wangled another $50 million out of me.” ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: La Guardia and Roosevelt’s Alliance 2013-07-19T17:40:56Z Her father had wangled her a job as assistant stage manager at the Liverpool Playhouse. Dame Beryl Bainbridge obituary 2010-07-02T12:46:00Z Maura returns to her old house and finds Ali and Sarah preparing for their festival trip, onto which she wangles herself a spot. Transparent recap: season two, episode eight – flashbacks and freakouts 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z I simply wanted to serve my country, help an old friend and wangle an invitation to Corfu to hang out with the Rothschilds, the Murdochs, a Russian oligarch and George Osborne on a luxury yacht. The Third Man by Peter Mandelson: digested read 2010-07-19T23:05:00Z Cheapskate husbands wangle ways to avoid spending money on their wives. Pootwaddles and Dunklewimps: Rube Goldberg’s glorious cartoons at MoPOP 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z And the biggest part of her story unfolds in 1992, when she wangles her way into an internship at The Chicago Sun-Times. Books of The Times: ‘The Shining Girls,’ a Novel by Lauren Beukes 2013-05-26T20:23:12Z The next thing he knew, he had successfully wangled his way into assisting at the Malaya Bronnaya theatre. A life in theatre: Michael Boyd 2012-11-16T12:43:29Z Christian decided to fly to Rome, stay at the same hotel and wangle a meeting with the dashing star. Linda Christian obituary 2011-07-26T17:23:06Z Two years before, Caligiuri had wangled an invitation to an exclusive party thrown for George Michael in the Hollywood hills. Bags of urine, cans of Bud and the team that saved US soccer 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Clearly, the few evolutionary changes the domestic cat has made have been the right ones to wangle their way into people's hearts and homes. Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands of years ago – here’s how 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z When the Spanish-American War erupted, Otis wangled a brigadier general appointment from now-commander in chief McKinley, and returned from the Philippines as a major general. Presidential visits trace L.A. history from small town to big-money donors 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z CNIL’s judgement is that Google and Facebook are essentially tricking their users, deploying what are known as “dark patterns” — a style of subtly coercive user interface design — to wangle consent and so breaking the law. France fines Google and Facebook for pushing tracking cookies on users with dark patterns 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He wrote op-eds for major newspapers and wangled summonses from presidents to brief them on dealing with the Soviet Union and other world issues. Perspective | Nixon rehabilitated his image. Could Trump? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z And the entire project was put together just to wangle publicity for FirstVet, which is an app that provides virtual veterinarian visits. Perspective | One name to rule them all: ‘Max’ seems to be the most popular name for U.S. dogs 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Her landlord threatened to evict her until she wangled rent assistance from the county. Pandemic Could Scar a Generation of Working Mothers 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z I’d have tried to wangle my way into the lab designated containment level 3, the highest-but-one level of biosafety security, where Heeney’s biologists investigate pathogens such as the West Nile virus or the tuberculosis bacterium. 'It’s a razor’s edge we’re walking': inside the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z At six, he got his first library card from the Brooklyn Public Library; he would eventually wangle a second one from the neighbouring borough of Queens, doubling his weekly intake. Isaac Asimov: centenary of the great explainer 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, it looks like the congressional committees pursuing an impeachment inquiry against Trump will wangle their second witness of the week today – out of about a dozen subpoenas and requests on the week. William Barr reportedly refused to declare Trump broke no laws over Ukraine – live 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z She decided she needed out-of-state expertise, so she called a prominent medical center and wangled an appointment. ‘Maybe you’re just someone with blood in their urine’ 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z She wrote to the only drama school she’d ever heard of, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and wangled herself a scholarship. At 82, Glenda Jackson Commands the Most Powerful Role in Theater 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z It takes time to claw your way to the top and wangle a Davos invite and the average age of attendees reflects this: it's 54 for men and 49 for women. Free bobble hats and nine other facts about Davos 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Of note, it looks as if Snyder hasn’t told his personal politicians in Maryland that he is simultaneously trying to wangle a sweetheart deal in D.C. on the current site of RFK Stadium. Perspective | The real winner of Redskins stadium derby will be whoever doesn’t get it 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Even trickier will be the hosts’ task of trying to wangle agreement on a joint statement when it’s all over at Saturday lunchtime. G20 summit: can world leaders find unity – or is it simply showboating? 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Armed with wisdom and enthusiasm and a superlative team that believed in him with all their hearts, Jim Furyk somehow managed to wangle fewer points than the woeful Tom Watson at Gleneagles. Why Europe succeeds where America fails in the Ryder Cup - Golf Digest 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z There he wangled his way into a job with top designer Romeo Gigli, who says, as does everyone who knew McQueen in those early days, "he was deeply looking to understand everything." Review: The documentary ‘McQueen’ captures both the designer's darkness and his astonishing ability to use it 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Francis would wangle VIP invitations to 7th Fleet ceremonies and wait patiently for a chance to approach the admiral and shake his hand. Leaks, feasts and sex parties: How ‘Fat Leonard’ infiltrated the Navy’s floating headquarters in Asia 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Is Ivanka trying to wangle an invitation to the royal wedding? Sarah Palin’s oldest son arrested on domestic violence charges involving his parents 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z He made his fortune as a politically savvy developer, whose reputed contacts with top party officials helped him wangle a string of lucrative projects. Guo Wengui, the maverick Chinese billionaire who threatens to crash Xi's party 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z He wangled some $70 million from the federal budget for a museum called the Steamtown National Historic Site at an abandoned rail yard in Scranton, a tourist attraction that the National Park Service never requested. Joseph M. McDade, 18-Term Pennsylvania Congressman, Dies at 85 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z One official did not have military service, so he wangled an appointment as a captain in the auxiliary police. In Case of Nuclear Attack, Don’t Forget the Groceries 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z He manages to wangle his brother into his anti-puppy crusade, and off they go to Vegas to derail a corporate convention of pro-puppy types. ‘The Boss Baby’ review: Animated kids tale doesn’t play nice 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z In the days just before World War I, the pair wangles an invitation to a stately castle, hoping to vindicate a cook suspected in the death of an earlier guest there. A mystery roundup: spies, magicians, and death in a bathtub 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z When he was sixteen, he had wangled a pass to the studio, through a family friend. Steven Spielberg at Seventy 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z She might also be able to wangle some additional spending on infrastructure and paid family leave. If Hillary wins, so will Paul Ryan 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z I was sent down to cover it, and wangled a chance to jog with Ali in the traditional predawn training regimen. As Butterfly or as a Bee, Muhammad Ali Always Made an Impression 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The kid must have liked it, because in the following years he wangled jobs with the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League and the Chicago White Sox, who held spring training in Pasadena. After a lifetime of tending to the Dodgers and Cubs, brothers are part of baseball lore 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The monastery’s prime minister was keen to learn Hindi, so Ugyen Gyatso, promising that Das was a fine tutor, wangled a passport for him. The Indian Spy Who Fell for Tibet 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z The one element of his life that sparkles, at least intermittently, is that he has wangled his way into a job with West Berlin’s celebrity architect and theorist, the gaudily named N. I. Rosen-Montag. Novels of Desire 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Instead of commuting from Arlington, she packed an overnight bag and wangled places to stay with friends in exchange for nips from a special bottle of whisky. A sweet little Virginia pub that refuses to close when a big snowstorm hits 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z And easier for big corporations to wangle trade treaties that protect their foreign assets but not the jobs or incomes of American workers. Robert Reich: America is trapped in a vicious wealth cycle 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Tom Hanks plays an American lawyer who wangled Cold War spy exchanges with the Soviets. From ‘Ant-Man’ to ‘War Room,’ Family Filmgoer’s favorite movies of 2015 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z He wangled another try-out, and wound up playing on the tour. Meadowlark Lemon obituary 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z In 1937 he got his baccalaureate and went to the UK, where he wangled a job as stockbroker at Rothschild's Bank. The photographer who charmed Picasso and Muhammad Ali - BBC News 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z When the United Nations set up its headquarters early on in Lake Success, N.Y., he wangled a job as a guard. Maurice Strong, Environmental Champion, Dies at 86 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z After David is fired from a last-ditch voice-over gig — and with the clock ticking on his overdue rent — he wangles his way into a job as a high school guidance counselor. 'Guidance' gets an A for its subversive silliness 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z It was Allen who wangled the deal wherein U.S. fighter jets will now operate from southern Turkey. Our monumental Turkey blunder: Who put the American exceptionalists back in charge? 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z She wangled her oldest son a place at the prestigious Phillips Academy, but he was unhappy and friendless there and left in 1921 without so much as a diploma to his name. Joseph Cornell: how the reclusive artist conquered the art world – from his mum’s basement 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Years later, my mother's colorful cousin, who had a friend who worked inside the missile installation, wangled an extremely unofficial tour for the two of them. Parcel for Sale: Plenty of Space. Very Quiet. Light? Well ... 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Even as a student he had wangled a job working in Washington for one most influential senators to have come from the state, the Republican minority leader Everett Dirksen. James Brady obituary 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z I was 29, and I’d wangled the chance of crewing on a yacht on the Round the Island Race. Cheryl Cole take note – my whirlwind marriage has lasted 27 years 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z But really, sport and fashion journalists aren't that different in the sense that they are nominal adults who have managed to wangle a career out of something they quite enjoyed as teenagers. My unlikely World Cup assignment: hey, it was just like fashion week! 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Whenever it is unable to wangle a favourable deal for a military base abroad, or it wants to play up nationalism at home, Russia threatens to introduce visas for Central Asians. Central Asia and its Russian dependence: Remittance man 2013-09-05T15:00:49Z Through my media appearances, I managed to wangle a part-time job in the BBC current affairs department, which I did whilst studying for my science degree. Stephanie McGovern: Why quotas are dangerous and undermine women's credibility 2013-04-17T08:36:18Z Shareholders would lose nothing from the little wangle; it was merely the public purse that would be bilked of precious millions. Banks and bonuses: gaming the public 2013-01-16T22:15:07Z Mr. Smith managed to wangle a reported $1.5 million payday from his publisher, but his book sold poorly and his publisher was left with a huge loss. DealBook Column: Hold Your Applause, Please, Until After the Toasts 2013-01-01T00:47:04Z So I – and my courageous tiger wife – fought, wangled, yelled, protested until I ultimately squeezed past the algorithm. Obamacare gets my vote: Romney and Ryan's alternative nearly killed me 2012-10-13T12:00:01Z After this, he finally wangled a government post… but not for long, as Burton Watson explains. Superstar poets: Li Bai and Du Fu 2012-10-10T23:06:40Z This was a slice of Middle America, with not a nonwhite face in sight: mothers pulling small children by the hand, retirees, high school students who had wangled a day away from school. The Rally, an Enduring Ritual of Politics Loud and Close 2012-09-28T02:40:43Z Does a “good” conductor wangle bravura performances from his players, or simply preside over a self-organising virtuoso ensemble? The science of conducting: Von Karajan was right 2012-09-06T15:03:14Z Those primed to feel powerful were more likely to lie about their scores in order to wangle extra tickets. Too much testosterone, too much confidence: the psychology of banking 2012-06-29T23:05:36Z Officially the venue holds 1,200, but no one counted how many actually wangled their way in. Johnny Tapia 2012-05-30T13:58:50Z He had borrowed a meadow, acquired a cow, hired a marquee, and wangled fifty army bell-tents and a field-kitchen, about which in all probability questions would be asked in the House. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z So our two heroes wangle their way in, and fall into the arms of the q-b by the Naples train. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Your Majesty honours me, But I am not your Majesty's Book-Taster, Being, as your Majesty is aware, Paid only to wangle my harp In celebration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z It was 1966, while working as a receptionist in Manhattan, that Linda Eastman, as she was known then, wangled her way aboard a yacht on the Hudson River, a publicity event for the Stones. Bears' Martz thinking big with Bennett 2011-05-31T19:06:00Z I did not “wangle,” to use the term in vogue, one particle. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z So we should not be surprised that this most seminal of anchors has wangled a new job for himself just two weeks after resigning from Sky. The Fiver: Reina's flammable shoulder pads, and TalkSEXISM 2011-02-08T16:48:17Z And I don't want to wangle out of it like that.' The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z There are enough hedge- fund hangers-on at the conference to suspect that at least some wangled an invite. Hedge Fund Guy’s New Best Friend Is Wet, Wet, Wet: Davos Diary 2011-01-28T04:23:14Z I believe he did give her the jewels, and Mothereen wangled them away from her somehow. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z But hey, their interest might help Carlos wangle a few more quid out of City. Football transfer rumours: Bayern Munich to sign Carlos Tevez? 2010-06-04T07:42:00Z I said, feeling bewildered, and flurried, and amused all at once: "What is 'wangle'?" Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune I don't believe it's allowed, but he's sure to be able to wangle it. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z This continued during two or three minutes, and just as it was wangled right and we began to steady again I saw the wake of a torpedo pass across our bows. Sea-Hounds If they could crack this thing the first day, he'd take up that vacation where it'd been interrupted and possibly be able to wangle a few more days out of the Boss to boot. Status Quo But the lax administration of the system usually permitted approval of such applications, and the ship master therefore found himself with headright certificates which he could sell to others for whatever price he could wangle. Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 I've wangled things harder than that both for myself and my friends. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune He never did a stroke of work that he could possibly "wangle" out of. Life in a Tank When at length she was wangled into the presence of a grave gentleman in eye-glasses, realisation of the utter importance of this moment overcame her so that she could not speak. Tatterdemalion He was always finding out little wangles that he wasn't supposed to see. Malcolm Sage, Detective Nothing daunted, Mid soon "wangled" permission to become attached to the Bedouin Squadron, and a more dare-devil spirit and lovable comrade than Mid did not exist among the Bedouins. Night Bombing with the Bedouins Don't get me started about the kinda guys that wangle headquarters-company jobs! The Machine That Saved The World "The Sunday schools must try to 'wangle'—that was, a project their in-to 'wangle'—that was, to project their in-enlarged task, and attempt to do what seemed impossible." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 It had taken him until his senior midterm vacation to wangle an invitation to the dome-house on Luna. The Cosmic Computer It was Will Blink, the Labour demagogue, who had said that of all the honours conferred during the century, Sir Jasper Chambers' O.M. had alone been earned, the others had been either bought or wangled. Malcolm Sage, Detective They wangled the body into the trunk of the car. Police Your Planet Some were men who had wangled transfers from other Confederate units. Rebel Raider A friend of his, who had held it, had enlarged upon the delightful hypocrisy of the sleepy little capital, where everything was engineered and "wangled" for the comfort of the Diplomatic Corps. A Mummer's Tale Other secretaries had used their nearness to him to wangle acting or dancing or singing assignments on other and lesser shows. Operation: Outer Space The verb "to wangle" had not then appeared in the English language, so we just "obtained." South with Scott Why don't you wangle leave like I do? The Parts Men Play I had a specially bad one, and managed with great skill to wangle a fortnight's sick leave in Paris. Fanny Goes to War From the first of these they had lately returned—sick leave, in Roy's case; and the programme was to be repeated next April, if they could 'wangle' first leave. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India I can conjugate the modern verb "to wangle," And, if required, translate it into Greek; I can even tell a wurzel from a mangel; But I cannot tell a bubble from a squeak. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 S. orientals is grown in the West Indies under the name of "wangle." The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. You went sick When orders looked unwholesome: then, with trick And lie, you wangled home. The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Believe me, my dear, that woman has illegally wangled a passport out of the authorities by representing herself as her husband's typist—he's got a diplomatic passport, you know. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 The D.C. deserves a first-class Birthday Honour—and may possibly wangle an O.B.E.! Far to Seek A Romance of England and India The men keep an eye on the watches and "wangle" for the last second. A Yankee in the Trenches Dalrymple told me he rather fancied he could wangle me a bungalow. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919 "Have it as you like, Captain Dawnay-Devenish," I said, "but before I go tell me, how did you wangle this job?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 "O Fate! wangle me a decent fortune!" chuckled Merle, selecting at random. Monitress Merle The salary isn't big, but I'd have wangled enough out of it to pay last week's rent, only they docked me a goodish bit for breaking plates and what not. The Adventures of Sally I'll wangle that in on a respected colleague of mine, who is a whale at deducing a proposition from given premises, but cannot induce a general fact from particular instances to save his life ... The Postmaster's Daughter "With your physique you could wangle the age limit," pursued Miles imperturbably. The Hermit of Far End "I should have to 'wangle' a good deal more than that,"—harshly. The Hermit of Far End |
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