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Definition of Jingly
1. Adjective. Having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells. "Jingling sleigh bells"
Definition of Jingly
1. Adjective. that jingles, having a jingling sound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jingly
1. jingling [adj -GLIER, -GLIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jingly
Literary usage of Jingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918 by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1918)
"... that little heap of stones Sits the Lady jingly Jones! ... Lady jingly!
Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife? ..."
2. A Book of Limericks by Edward Lear (1888)
"On that little heap of stones Sits the Lady jingly Jones ! ... Lady jingly!
Lady jingly ! Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife ? ..."
3. A Nonsense Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1902)
"On that little heap of stones Sits the Lady jingly Jones ! ... Lady jingly !
Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife ? ..."
4. The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912 by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1912)
"On that little heap of stones Sits the Lady jingly Jones 1" Said the ... Lady jingly!
Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife? ..."
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