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dingle

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din·gle  (dnggl)
n.
A small wooded valley; a dell.

[Middle English, dell, hollow.]

dingle [ˈdɪŋgəl]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a small wooded dell
[of uncertain origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dingledingle - a small wooded hollow                
holler, hollow - a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
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dingle
nbaumbestandene Mulde


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It will keep, and I feel hungry, and yonder seems a dingle where I can lie and open my knapsack, eat, drink, and doze among the sun-flecked shadows.
In the meantime the supervisor rode on, as fast as he could, to Kitt's Hole; but his men had to dismount and grope down the dingle, leading, and sometimes supporting, their horses, and in continual fear of ambushes; so it was no great matter for surprise that when they got down to the Hole the lugger was already under way, though still close in.
When we finished our lunch the barrens were already wrapping themselves in a dim, blue dusk and falling upon rest in dell and dingle.
 
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