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English
Etymology
A derivative of dialectal English brog (“sniggle, fish with a brog”), equivalent to brog + -le. Compare brog (noun).
Verb
broggle (third-person singular simple present broggles, present participle broggling, simple past and past participle broggled)
- (UK, dialect) To sniggle, or fish with a brog.
1674, The Gentleman's Recreation:And as this way of fishing is called Sniggling, so it is called Broggling for Eels
- (dialectal) To poke around, especially poke around in a hole with a stick.
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