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   fi·na·gle

   /fəˈnāɡ(ə)l/

   verb

   • 1. obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means: informal US "Ted attended all the football games he could finagle tickets for"
   • ▪ act in a devious or dishonest manner: informal US "they wrangled and finagled over the fine points"

   Word Origin 1920s (originally US): from dialect fainaigue ‘cheat’; perhaps from Old French fornier ‘deny’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. finagler noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • F

     4

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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