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Definition of Dingles
1. dingle [n] - See also: dingle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dingles
Literary usage of Dingles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1864)
"... the swans that knew her call were resting on the still waters ; down through
bosky dingles, and up over green slopes. Farewell, loved scenes—farewell ! ..."
2. Highways and Byways in Shakespeare's Country by William Holden Hutton (1914)
"It is the deep ravine called " The dingles," which may be an old river bed or
perhaps an entrenchment. I do not propose to enter into the long and learned ..."
3. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1901)
"Most important considerations arise in respect of these two precipitous and deep
dingles. They both run from north to south ..."
4. The Zincali: Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an Original by George Henry Borrow (1843)
"From this gorge branch off, on either side, small dingles or glens, some of them so
... Hermits are not fond of living in dingles, amongst wolves and foxes ..."
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