dingle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dingle
1200–50; Middle English: a deep dell, hollow; akin to Old English dung dungeon, Old High German tunc cellar
Example Sentences
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While we were doing that, the school I went to, Dingle Vale, they had these fields — they wanted to call them Starr Fields, and would I go and open it for them?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024
About 200 Yellow-crested Cockatoos live in Hong Kong—approximately 10 percent of the bird's remaining population, says Caroline Dingle of the University of Hong Kong.
From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023
Doctors actors Chris Walker and Jan Pearson won the best on-screen partnership award and Emmerdale's Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle, took the outstanding achievement award.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2023
It earned him the nickname "The Squirrel Whisperer of the Dingle" from the television wildlife expert Iolo Williams.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023
Dorothy Dingle is in jail in Vista Tornado.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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