"fingle-fangle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fingle-fangles [plural]
Etymology: From fangle. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fingle-fangle (plural fingle-fangles)
  1. (obsolete) A trifle; something of no importance. Tags: obsolete

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part III Canto III line 453:",
          "text": "We agree in nothing, but to wrangle\nAbout the slightest fingle-fangle",
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