ajingle

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

a- +‎ jingle

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪŋɡəl/

Adjective[edit]

ajingle (not comparable)

  1. Jingling.
    • 1890, Rosamund Marriott Watson (as Graham R. Tomson), “The Ballad of Tonio Manzi,” Scribner’s Magazine, Volume 7, No. 1, January 1890, p. 53,[1]
      [] the beasts in harness
      Now and then awaking, stirring,
      Set their listless bells ajingle.
    • 1947, Seán O’Casey, Oak Leaves and Lavender[2], New York: Macmillan, act 2, page 83:
      You’re as superstitious as my father, who, if he had his way, would have my neck ajingle with his holy medals.
    • 1955, Patrick White, chapter 7, in The Tree of Man[3], New York: Viking, page 75:
      They were riding down to Wullunya in O’Dowd’s spring cart, all ajingle on the yellow road, lashing the water with their wheels.