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
He played the head of the Dingle household and became the Yorkshire-based soap's the second longest-serving cast member.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023
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
After starting the crochet craft at the beginning of the year, Ms Cass finally got to see her handiwork on the Dingle family sofa.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2023
I find a pen and draw doodles over Dorothy Dingle on my jeans.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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