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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1679-1693
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Wrigling, Wregling, vbl. n. [e.m.E. wrigling (1580).] a. The action of wriggling, squirming. Only attrib., such as to cause wriggling. b. transf. A creature that wriggles or squirms. Only in fig. context. — a. 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii xxxii 271.
Their … figging itch, wrigling mordicancy — b. 1679 Wodrow 1679 Hist. IV (1830) 501.
What through grace he will make such a weak wregling able to endure c1680 McWard Serm. 189.
Some who were looked upon as such weak wriglings, as they could not stand it out
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