bangle

bangle englannista suomeksi

1. rihkamakorut, pukukorut

2. rannerengas

bangle englanniksi

1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

2. (RQ:Maugham Moon and Sixpence)

3. to beat about or down, as corn by the wind.

4. to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).

5. (RQ:Burton Melancholy), New York Review Books 2001, p.273:

Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers(..)betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times ….

''If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him.'' — Duty of Man.

6. to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.

7. to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.

8. The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs