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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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¶PINGLE, v.2 Freq. form of Eng. ping, to hit with a sharp high-pitched sound.Lth. 1928 S. A. Robertson With Double Tongue 25:
When winds are reischlin in the lum, and lood the hailstanes pingle.
