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Definition of Jangling
1. Adjective. Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together. "Cowboys with jangling spurs"
Definition of Jangling
1. a. Producing discordant sounds.
2. n. Idle babbling; vain disputation.
Definition of Jangling
1. Noun. A jangle, the sounds of a jangle. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of jangle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jangling
1. jangle [v] - See also: jangle
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Literary usage of Jangling
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1. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"... being gone from the simplicity of the gospel into jangling, division, and a
spirit of separation, endeavoured to discourage friends, especially the ..."
2. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"... through a thousand imaginations, without the least assurance of not erring;
which becomes the very ground of all jangling and contention. ..."
3. The Poems of William Browne of Tavistock by William Browne, Arthur Henry Bullen (1894)
"AN EPISTLE Occasioned by the most intolerable jangling of the Papists' bells on
All Saints' Night, the eve of All Souls' Day, being then used to be rung all ..."
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