v. Sc. [perh. onomatopœic: cf. jangle, wrangle.] intr. To dispute acrimoniously, to wrangle.

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1619.  Z. Boyd, Last Battell (1629), 530 (Jam.). Onely jangling and cangling, and at last returning to that where once wee beganne.

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1839.  Chamb. Jrnl., 19 Oct., 310. To have … personal and domestic affairs harrowed up and cangled over.

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