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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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
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
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
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 William F. Kirk
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 Morgan Scott
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