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ingle

[ing-guhl] / ˈɪŋ gəl /


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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

Jacob Whiddon sat in the ingle, with Bertha, his youngest girl, perched on his knee.

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Robert Leighton

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

At back, in center, a deep ingle, with two hobs and fire bars fixed between, on either side settles.

From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various

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

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

Behind the tap was the Travellers' Room, and what a room it was—with great open fireplaces and spits and bubbling kettles and blackened ingles.

From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie

They picked up their sorry crust by burning of charcoal, and carting of dead wood to farmers for to consume in their ingles.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala




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