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Dingle

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Díngle. n.s. [from den, or din, a hollow, Saxon.] A hollow between hills; a dale.

I know each lane, and every alley green,
Dingle or bushy dell of this wild wood;
And every bosky bourn from side to side,
My daily walks and ancient neighbourhood. Milton.

Sources: Milton, John (449)

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