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Definition of Jingler
1. n. One who, or that which, jingles.
Definition of Jingler
1. Noun. One who, or that which, jingles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jingler
1. one that jingles [n -S] - See also: jingles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jingler
Literary usage of Jingler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakspere's England; or, Sketches of our social history in the reign of by George Walter Thornbury (1856)
"The Visitor. — The Shifter. — The Rank Riders. — The Horse Tricks of Smith-
field.—Lamb Pie. —The jingler. — The Jacks in the Box.— Tricks on Carriers. ..."
2. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"One of the players, who is chosen "jingler," or " Bell man," has his hands tied
behind his back and a bell fastened around his neck, while all the others ..."
3. The Young Lady's Book: A Manual of Amusements, Exercises, Studies, and Pursuits by Matilda Anne Planche Mackarness (1888)
"THE jingler. The jingler must then ring her little bell, and the blind one must
run after the sound, while the jingler dodges her all over the place. ..."
4. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"The blindfolded players have to take up their positions around and just within
the enclosure, the jingler, provided with a small ..."
5. The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-book of Games of by Henry Chadwick (1884)
"The jingler holds a small bell in his hand, which he is obliged to keep ringing
... The business of the jingler is to elude the pursuit of his blindfolded ..."
6. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and by Joseph Strutt (1876)
"All of these, except one of the most active, who is the jingler, ... The eyes of
the jingler are not covered, but he holds a small bell in each hand, ..."
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