ajingle
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of ajingle
First recorded in 1880–85; a- 1 ( def. ) + jingle ( def. )
Example Sentences
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With luck, adroit promotion and an occasional touch of talent, some of the captured quarry end up making the kind of noises that set cash registers ajingle.
From Time Magazine Archive
For all that, Robert Francis Kennedy's pockets are ajingle with the coins of popularity�and, Victor Hugo's sneer notwithstanding, such small change is a politician's most negotiable currency.
From Time Magazine Archive
Telephones were ajingle, and outside in the street a dozen motors were parked.
From Project Gutenberg
Presently the court fool came running in, his fool's cap all ajingle with bells.
From Project Gutenberg
She had married him because he was a cowboy, and because he was a nimble dancer and rode gallantly with silver-shanked spurs ajingle on his heels and a snake-skin band around his hat, and because a ranch away out on Quirt Creek had sounded exactly like a story in a book.
From Project Gutenberg
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