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pringle

/ˈpɹɪŋɡəl/

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What does pringle mean?

verb

  1. To prickle or tingle.

noun

  1. An individual potato snack of the Pringles brand.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
More meanings (3)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Georgia.
  2. A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  3. A town in Custer County, South Dakota.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɹɪŋɡəl/

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The specimens of Bourgeau and Pringle have somewhat larger spines than the type, as indicated by the description.
John Merle CoulterA Preliminary Revision of the North American Species of Cactus, Anhalonium, and LophophoraProject Gutenberg ebook #1221
Dr. Pringle says, that in his life he never knew a person for whom so many people were concerned.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
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Mr. Lucas is an unmarried man, thirty-four years of age, and his establishment consists of Mrs. Pringle, an elderly housekeeper, and of Mitton, his valet.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108
These facts are attested by Siborne; and Pringle, exaggerating the disaster, goes so far as to say that the Anglo-Dutch army was reduced to thirty-four thousand men.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Sir John Pringle knew a lady of ninety who lived on pure fat meat.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747