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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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.

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