PINGLE

Etymology 1

Noun

pingle (plural pingles)

(obsolete, UK, dialect) A small piece of enclosed ground.

Etymology 2

Verb

pingle (third-person singular simple present pingles, present participle pingling, simple past and past participle pingled)

(intransitive, UK, dialect) To eat with a feeble appetite.

(intransitive, UK, dialect) To dawdle.

Anagrams

• Epling, Pingel

Source: Wiktionary


Pin"gle, n. Etym: [Perhaps fr. pin to impound.]

Definition: A small piece of inclosed ground. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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