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词汇 coggly
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Definition of coggly in English:

coggly

adjectivecoggliest, cogglier ˈkɒɡ(ə)li
dialect
  • Unsteady or shaky.

    she sat cocked to one side in a coggly canoe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You embark in the coggly canoe a considerably poorer man than when you left camp in the morning.
    • You'll have to suffer on a coggly chair or a sofa that's lost its springs.
    • The road was coggly with loose stones.
    • We guffawed when he lost his footing among the coggly stones.
    • I'd as soon put my weight on a coggly chair; a coggly chair can be mended.

Origin

Early 19th cent: from dialect coggle 'shake from side to side; be unsteady; wobble' + -y1; related to cobble1.

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