Word of the Day: Fankle

[Capt Lightning]

Fankle(d) : a predominately Scottish word from the 18th. century meaning to tangle or tangled. Possibly originates from a word for a coil of rope.

 

[Sliverfox]

What a fankled sentence we tend to make early in the morning.

 

[Pinky]

It took me several minutes to brush out my fankled hair this morning!

 

[Aunt Marg]

A finger Fankle, a pringle prangle, a jingle jangle, something of that of a newfangled dangle.

Just being silly on the above, but here is a real one.

What a fankled life he lived.

 

[win231]

I sprained my fankle.
Swear without swearing.....

 

[peramangkelder]

New fankled (fangled)

 

[Ruthanne]

I wouldn't want to get fankled up with a gang of thugs.

 

[horseless carriage]

My pocket is a master at the fankle.

 

[fmdog44]

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My pocket is a master at the fankle.

Remove the rings

 

[RnR]

Well I'll be fankled.

 

[RubyK]

The colored lights I put on my Christmas tree are usually frankled because nobody took the time to put them away properly the year before!