bingle
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bingle1
1900–05, perhaps b(at) 1 + (s)ingle
Origin of bingle2
Example Sentences
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Princeman stood gaping at that bingle in paralyzed dismay; but the batsman, who was a slow runner and slow thinker, stood a fatal second to see whether the ball was fair or foul.
From The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story by Arthur William Brown
If I try to make a hit with the ladies it's a bingle; and it's the bench and the bush-league for muh—" "You great, overgrown kid!
From The Common Law by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
“Nice tidy little bingle, wasn’t it, mate?” he cried.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Burt L. Standish
You don't remember nothing, all on account of that bingle you got on the head.
From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by W. B. M. (William Blair Morton) Ferguson
I'd love to see the Bing Boys bingle, To go to music-halls incog.,
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 by Various
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