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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from Scottish English gangrel 'wanderer, tall thin person' (14-20 centuries)

gangling

 adjective
     
gan‧gling
unusually tall and thin, and not able to move gracefully [= lanky]:
an awkward gangling teenager
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