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chinkle
/ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/
noun 2verb 2
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2VERB + CHINKLE
hear
CHINKLE + NOUN
bell
Definitions
noun
1
A turn or kink in a rope.
verb
1
To chink or jingle.
2
To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
noun
1
A ringing sound of low volume.
Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.
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He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
Wiktionary02
Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire
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