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"Bungle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... too canny to bungle, With footsteps too cunning to swerve, They swing through the heights of the jungle, These stalwarts of infinite nerve; Blithe sailors who heed not the breezes Which play round their riggings and spars, Lithe gymnasts who live on trapezes And ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 • Various
... the world be without us women?" thought Janice—and gave up all idea of running away and leaving Frank to bungle the situation. ...
— How Janice Day Won • Helen Beecher Long
... it nicely enough. He could pull off a hunting accident that would fool the world. Trust him not to bungle it. Next day would be the day, in the woods above Sycamore Creek. Grandfather Jonathan Forrest, the straight-laced Puritan, had died of a hunting accident. For the first time Dick doubted that accident. Well, if it hadn't been an accident, the old fellow had done it well. ...
— The Little Lady of the Big House • Jack London
... "Ye can trust the Scotch to bungle things a'thegither. McLean was only meanin' to show ye all confidence and honor. He's gone and set a high price for some dirty whelp to ruin ye. I was just tryin' to show ye how he felt toward ye, and I've gone an' give ye that ...
— Freckles • Gene Stratton-Porter |
Words linked to "Bungle" : go wrong, muff, gaucherie, clanger, faux pas, solecism, do, fail, bollocks, snafu, bull, fault, error, louse up, howler, mistake, behave, bungler, gaffe, act, slip, stumble, spectacle, blunder, trip, misstep, trip-up, miscarry |
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