trinkle
Americanverb (used without object)
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But amid the coronavirus lockdown, traffic slowed to a trinkle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2020
He heard the trinkle of water below, and was satisfied that there was a succession of canyons leading to the plain below, in which case descent would be comparatively easy.
From Boy Scouts in Mexico; or on Guard with Uncle Sam by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
And there he trinkled and trilled a tune— "My Love, so Fair, Tans in the Moon!"
From Riley Child-Rhymes by Riley, James Whitcomb
Ay, ay, dear Jeanie Morrison, Tears trinkled down your cheek, Like dew-beads on a rose, yet nane Had ony power to speak!
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
And there he trinkled and trilled a tune—, "My Love, so Fair, Tans in the Moon!"
From Afterwhiles by Riley, James Whitcomb
Ay, ay, dear Jeanie Morrison, Tears trinkled doun your cheek, Like dew-beads on a rose, yet nane Had ony power to speak!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
Her yellow hair, beyond compare, Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck, And her two eyes, like stars in skies, Would keep a sinking ship frae wreck.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
The lid o' the coffin he opened up,25 The linens he faulded doun; And ae he kiss'd her pale, pale lips, And the tears cam trinkling doun.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
Serious as the situation was, with the water trinkling in over the stern of the motor boat, the boys grinned at each other at the fright of the boy.
From The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf by Gordon, Harry
Her yellow hair, beyond compare, Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck; And her two eyes, like stars in skies, Would keep a sinking ship frae wreck.
From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George
Her yellow hair, beyond compare, Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck; And her two eyes, like stars in skies, Would keep a sinking ship frae wreck.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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