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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tinkling, vbl. n. [e.m.E. tynkelynge (1495), tinklyng (Coverdale); Tinkil v.] The action of ringing (a bell); the sound (of a bell, etc.) when struck. c1590 J. Stewart 202 § 8.
As … cymball bois that dois bot tinkling mak 16… Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III 66.
The bell- man's going through the town with the handbell and after tinkling of the same [etc.] 1696 Caldwell P. 173.
The tinkling of two belles
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