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fake
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fake Nautical
one round of a coil of rope

fake [fāk]
(naval architecture)
To lay a rope or chain down in long bights side by side or in coils in regular order.


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With this book, Podhoretz has managed to wangle himself admission to the writer's Big Rock Candy Mountain.
She wangles her way into the expedition her uncle is mounting to return to Egypt to resume his hunt for the tomb of Neferankhotep.
Those who managed to use their positions and connections to improve their material well-being were even admired for their capacities to wangle the state (kombinuoti).
 
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