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Paddy says, Fintan, what’s an ingle? and Fintan says it’s just a boy from olden times who sits in a corner, that’s all.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Immediately opposite to the dog, on one side of the ingle, sat the woman.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various

The floor was paved with large stones, while an ingle nook and settle imparted a cheerful aspect to the apartment.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

Those cozy fire-side diversions which extended alike from the cottage ingle neuk to the manorial hall and the castle court.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling

The handsome, motherly landlady looked after every guest; and Arnold, the jolliest landlord that ever lived, sat smoking in the ingle, chatting with some traveller, or listening to the yarn of a lake fisherman.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

Just before the first chorus of Rosalía’s airy new single “LLYLM,” the Spanish phenom sings, “Lo diré en ingles y me entenderás” — I will say it in English and you will understand me.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

When an Argentine pledges his honor he gives the palabra de ingles, "the word of an Englishman."

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh, Gawd, look at Fintan and his ingles.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Everywhere—even in daylight, even on the sunniest of mornings—were dark shadows that hung around the ingles and recesses of the rooms, the deep cupboards, the passages, and silent, winding staircases.

From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell

Fezzans ’ll run their heads into his ingles like winkin’.

From Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season by George Manville Fenn