Meaning of mistwist | Babel Free

Definitions

To twist incorrectly or by mistake.

Examples

“And as for the amelioration of the revenue in consonance with the changed and up to date conditions of the trade the Bureau has never been known to be guilty of any ideas in that direction with the possible exception of mistwisting the statutes to oppress the trade and hinder its development.”

“"The boys is all het up over the way they've been did in the game," he muttered, "an' if I was to butt in they'd likely mistwist my meanin'. […]"”

“It is somehow reassuring to know that the machines can make mistakes—they mistwist, or drop, or otherwise foul up about five pretzels in every hundred.”

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