Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Scotland, dialectal)A tramp, vagrant, vagabond.

  2. (UK, dialectal)A tall awkward fellow.

  3. (UK, archaic)A child just beginning to walk; toddler.

Origin

From Middle English gangrel, equivalent to gang + -rel. Compare gangling.

From Middle English gangrel, equivalent to gang + -rel. Compare gangling.

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Forms

plural: gangrels

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gandergangB2gangrenegangsterB2
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