bungle
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"Why, den dis kid's in bad for fair, 'cos der ain't nobody to pungle de bones."
From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
I'll ask him; and I'll make him pungle, too, or I'll know the reason why.
From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark
Calc'late I'll do a mite of investigatin' 'fore I pungle over that five thousand....
From Scattergood Baines by Kelland, Clarence Budington
"I reckon you'd ask a chicken to pungle up the gravel in his gizzard if you thought he'd picked up a sliver of gold," Jim drawled, in his lazy utterance.
From Bruvver Jim's Baby by Mighels, Philip Verrill
"You bet your boots it's so, and you can't begin to pungle up a minute too soon!" was the answer.
From Bruvver Jim's Baby by Mighels, Philip Verrill
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