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Gangrel

[gang-gruhl, -ruhl]

gan·grel

[gang-gruhl, -ruhl]
noun British Dialect.
1.
a lanky, loose-jointed person.
2.
a wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; See gang1, -rel; compare gangling
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Gangrel is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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gangrel (ˈɡæŋɡrəl, ˈɡæŋrəl)
 
n
1.  a wandering beggar
2.  a child just able to walk; toddler
 
[C16: from Old English gangan to go1]

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