英和和英

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌŋ.gəl/

動詞

pungle ‎(三人称単数 現在形 pungles, 現在分詞 pungling, 過去形および過去分詞形 pungled)

1. (western US, regional) To pay or hand over; to shell out
   • 1858, Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine^[1], volume 3, page 379:

     I want my dues and must have them — wont be put off any longer — so "pungle down," and oblige

   • 1877, Dan de Quille, History of the Big Bonanza^[2]:

     They have kicked the bully Miner ; they have ducked him in the ditch, but they can't make him pungle.

   • 1903, Peter Robertson, The seedy gentleman^[3], page 227:

     The clever fakir is all through our life; but I can imagine the keen enjoyment it must be to those fellows who gather crows on street corners—for they have brains—to watch the simple, open-mouthed gull pungle up his money, and buy his valueless stuff.

   • 1999, Meredith L. Clausen, Pietro Belluschi: Modern American Architect^[4], page 183:

     "The published sketch of the exterior of the proposed new Marion County Courthouse is a distinct disappointment to taxpayers pungling up the tax money for its construction," a second editorial read.

アナグラム

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