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Sound
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verb
To cajole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic, transitive
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Synonyms: croodle, fleech, inveigle, blandander, blandish, butter up, cajole, fast-talk, canoodle, carny, coax, collogue, engle, honey around, honey up, hum, ingle, soap, soft-sawder, soft-soap, stroke, sweet-talk, tweedle, twist, wheedle, whilly, word
Antonyms: none provided
History
Perhaps a mixture of wile and wheedle.
