Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun etc. Obsolete spellings of jingle, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- See
jingle .
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- noun Obsolete form of
jingle . - verb Obsolete form of
jingle .
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Examples
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I got spurs that gingle-gangle-gingle as I go riding merrily along...
Hitting the Road: Unhooking the BRA BikeSnobNYC 2010
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In a-matter of minutes i'll know the location of every gingle one of those files.
Blood Test Kellerman, Jonathan 1986
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With the pony and gingle they explored many of the lovely Jersey lanes and headlands, for driving seldom tired Win.
The Spanish Chest Edna Adelaide Brown
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And to the end he may herein act his Part well, he knows how very subtlily first to fill the weak womans ears full, that she ought above all things to have the command of the cash; because she had such a great Portion; and that it is her mony which she hears gingle so.
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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I went down stairs and walked up the street, in the greatest perplexity; for -- let me whisper it into your ear, reader, I had not a sufficient amount of the current coin of the realm in my pockets to create a gingle upon a tomb-stone.
My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. George Thompson
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Even the short legs of a tiny pony could cover the ground more rapidly than the walking party, and when the pedestrians reached their destination, no sign of Win, his mother, pony or gingle was visible.
The Spanish Chest Edna Adelaide Brown
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He has learned to ruffle his face from his boot, and takes great delight in his walk to hear his spurs gingle.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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I had determined to seek elsewhere for a more social party, when the thumping of tables and gingle of glasses induced me to abide the issue.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 Various
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His face and his boot are ruffled much alike, and he takes great delight in his walk to hear his spurs gingle.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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Roger appeared with a plump stubborn Welsh pony, attached to a funny little cart which he gayly informed them was a "gingle."
The Spanish Chest Edna Adelaide Brown
noisymark commented on the word gingle
Def: The unfortunate predicament of being both a ginger and single
June 6, 2008