Talk:finagle

In common french, "magouiller" & "truander" exist
and are widely used (cf p. 608 & 1038 of "Le Petit Larousse 2008).

"Truand" is a very old french "argot" word ( cf François Villon's ballads), and "truander" can be found in old dictionnaries. Maybe not very euphonic, but no more than "finagle".

As for "magouiller", I think it comes from the italian "lavorare a maglia" : patiently and deftly knitting up a "combinazione" ... T.y. Arapaima 10:02, 11 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Merci!
 * I’ve added these as appropriate.
 * BTW, compare English to French.
 * —Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 12:27, 27 January 2011 (UTC)