Wrinch

"Well, I'm not after saying it was not a wrinch at firrst, but I considered it best to lave Wall Street -- Wall Street, ye understand, before ----" ❋ Unknown (1928)

An 'Abraham Lincoln Wirt, yo' fetch a pail o 'water, an' wrinch out the worsh dish, an 'set a piece o' soap by, an ' ❋ Unknown (1921)

Billy was so clever that when he did get to school he would learn faster than other boys; and she added that his departure from home would be "a dreadful wrinch for Mrs. Dale." ❋ W. B. Maxwell (1902)

That hero sthud f'r four hours in th 'dureway, ar-rmed on'y with a monkey-wrinch, an' built a wall iv invaders in frint iv him till th 'judges cud dig their way out through th' cellar, an 'escape to th' polis station. ❋ Finley Peter Dunne (1901)

Well, they carried th 'corpse to th' side, an 'took th' ball out iv his stomach with a monkey wrinch, an 'th' game was ray-shumed. ❋ Finley Peter Dunne (1901)

Th 'nex' day Mack is seen mendin 'a rustic chair with a monkey wrinch, Bryan has a pitcher took in th' act iv puttin 'on a shirt marked with th' union label, an 'they'se another photygraph iv Mack carryin' a scuttle iv coal up th 'cellar stairs. ❋ Finley Peter Dunne (1901)

Well, they carried th 'corpse to th' side, an 'took th' ball out iv his stomach with a monkey wrinch, an 'th' game was rayshumed. ❋ Various (1887)

"You struck the gintleman on the head with the wrinch, and I'll have you in the Tombs." ❋ Oliver Optic (1859)

At length, with a wrinch, I bust it open, an 'thar before me, all in bright specie, lay fifty dollars! ❋ Unknown (1857)

Yet feem'd ftie not to wrinch, though fhrewdly But thus her pafliive characfters msintain'd. ❋ Unknown (1795)

I got caught there with the wall fallin 'in, and they were twinty fower hours gettin' me out, "(a li [e] kely story!) adding," Oh, I was a divil in them days! "and" I found in there a bit av a goon wrinch "(gun wrench); and Mr. So and So, from Halifax," gev me some money fur it, an 'he lapped it up in his han'kerchef like as if it had ben goold. " ❋ Unknown (N/A)