Moving loosely and clumsily. Scotch.
1845. Among our customers of that date, was a long, slabsided, gangling fellow from the Western reserve.—‘The Cincinnati Miscellany,’ i. 20.
1854. A loose, gangling figure like you, Sam, ought to see no great difficulty in any thing being onjointed.—J. G. Baldwin, ‘Flush Times,’ p. 168.
1861. When that long, gangling form swings itself into the White House door.—Lafayette (Ind.) Journal, Jan.
