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Misused participle
Answer for the clue "Misused participle ", 7 letters:
dangler
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Word definitions for dangler in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dangler is a literary term meaning plot-lines that are metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang". A dangler , or dangling plotline , is a plot device in fiction where a plotline is forgotten, phased out and eventually dropped, thus a resolution is never ...
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n. one who dangles about others, especially after women.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dangler \Dan"gler\, n. One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler. `` Danglers at toilets.'' --Burke.
Usage examples of dangler.
To Beak, the letter that had come through Dangler was a prophecy of profitable crime.
Sir, that my person was at the control of a heathenish man of Belial--a dangler among the daughters of women--a promiscuous dancer--and a player of unlawful games.
She pointed out that there are any number of words for penis that can be used pretty much with ease on the Beeb knob, willy, percy, portion, member, todger, tackle, dangler, sausage, John Thomas, Dick Dastardly, meat and two veg and Uncle Tom Cobblers and all.
Sometimes, as now, the guys fell silent as Richard worked the machine, his face proud and nervous and aslant, giving glosses and derivations, sneering at the screen's bad grammar (for this oracle was only semi-literate, prone to danglers and pause-for-breath commas, confounded by all apostrophes) and smacking out the answers before anyone had time to read the questions.
If you're interested in the sex of your unborn child, you can consult plumb-bob danglers all you want (left-right, a boy.