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Webster 1913 Edition


Trinkle

Trin′kle

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Verb.
I.
To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.
[Obs.]
Wright.

Definition 2024


trinkle

trinkle

English

Verb

trinkle (third-person singular simple present trinkles, present participle trinkling, simple past and past participle trinkled)

  1. (rare) to trickle
  2. (obsolete) To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.
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References

(the tears trinkled down her cheeks), (the tears trinkled down Trim's cheeks], (my own heart's blood came trinkling down)