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ingle nook

ingle nook is the alternative form of inglenook.

Meaning of inglenook

Noun

inglenook (plural inglenooks)

  1. (historical) A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner.
    • I ſat me in the ingle nook, / And joked wi my luver, / But a' the jokes that I cou'd crack, / The deel a ane could muve her.1797 May, E. S. J., “A Song”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym; Edward Cave], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume LXVII, part I, number V, London: […] John Nichols, […]...

Forms of ingle nook

pluralingle nooks

Questions about ingle nook

What is ingle nook the alternative form of?
Ingle nook is the alternative form of inglenook.

Words near ingle nook in the dictionary

  1. ingirted
  2. ingirting
  3. ingirts
  4. Ingland
  5. ingle
  6. ingle nook
  7. ingle nooks
  8. ingle-nook
  9. ingle-nooks
  10. Ingleborough
  11. Ingleburn

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