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If you are approaching a wharf or another vessel, or if a fog come up, you ring the jingler, if the boat is going at full speed, and the engineer slows her down.

From Taken by the Enemy by Optic, Oliver

All were blindfolded with the exception of one, who was the jingler, and who carried a bell in each hand, which he was obliged to keep ringing.

From Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

The trail boss had been out at the remuda with the jingler when the trouble began.

From Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West by Raine, William MacLeod

"Going at full speed, the jingler brings the engine down to half speed, or at half speed carries it up to full speed."

From On The Blockade by Optic, Oliver

It was an amusing sight to see the men trying to catch the active jingler, running into each other's arms, and catching every one but the right one.

From Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)