Ringling

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ringing. countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable

    "Court. You heard nothing but a ſtroke fall upon the man? No, nothing elſe ; the laſt ſtroke made more ringling than the reſt ; the two firſt ſounded hollow, as if they were upon the bed cloaths."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of ringle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname, notably that of a circus owning family.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Meagher County, Montana, United States, named after John Ringling.
  3. 3
    A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States, also named after John Ringling.

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charles ringling

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"Court. You heard nothing but a ſtroke fall upon the man? No, nothing elſe ; the laſt ſtroke made more ringling than the reſt ; the two firſt ſounded hollow, as if they were upon the bed cloaths."

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