ajingle

adj

ajingle

adj

/əˈd͡ʒɪŋɡəl/

Etymology From a- + jingle.

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, […] the beasts in harness Now and then awaking, stirring, Set their listless bells ajingle.
  • You’re as superstitious as my father, who, if he had his way, would have my neck ajingle with his holy medals.1947, Seán O’Casey, Oak Leaves and Lavender, New York: Macmillan, act 2, page 83:
1 more example
  • They were riding down to Wullunya in O’Dowd’s spring cart, all ajingle on the yellow road, lashing the water with their wheels.1955, Patrick White, chapter 7, in The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, page 75:

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