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din⋅gle

[ding-guhl]
–noun
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.

Origin:
1200–50; ME: a deep dell, hollow; akin to OE dung dungeon, OHG tunc cellar
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din·gle   (dĭng'gəl)   
n.  A small wooded valley; a dell.

[Middle English, dell, hollow.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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dingle(-dangle)

  1. n.
    the penis. (Usually objectionable.) : Come on, Billy. Shake your dingle and put it away.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

dingle 
"deep dell or hollow, usually wooded," c.1240, of unknown origin; a dialectal word until it entered literary use 17c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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