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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One and all, individually and collectively, they are there with the healthy bingle.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.
Berlin Barker stepped forth briskly, urging the umpire to keep the game in motion, his bat held as if he intended to try for a safe bingle.
From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Scott, Morgan
He played the sun-field like a master, You never saw a fielder faster, And oh, how he could bingle!
From Right off the Bat Baseball Ballads by Kirk, William F.
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
“Nice tidy little bingle, wasn’t it, mate?” he cried.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.
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