ajingle

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ jingle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪŋɡəl/

Adjective

ajingle (not comparable)

1. Jingling.
   • 1890, Rosamund Marriott Watson (as Graham R. Tomson), “The Ballad of Tonio Manzi,” Scribner’s Magazine, Volume 7, No. 1, January 1890, p. 53,^[1]

     […] the beasts in harness

     Now and then awaking, stirring,

     Set their listless bells ajingle.

   • 1947, Seán O’Casey, Oak Leaves and Lavender‎^[2], New York: Macmillan, act 2, page 83:

     You’re as superstitious as my father, who, if he had his way, would have my neck ajingle with his holy medals.

   • 1955, Patrick White, chapter 7, in The Tree of Man‎^[3], New York: Viking, page 75:

     They were riding down to Wullunya in O’Dowd’s spring cart, all ajingle on the yellow road, lashing the water with their wheels.