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jingle-brains

jingle-brains noun: a man who is wild, thoughtless, whimsical, capricious or irresponsible.

Noun

jingle-brains (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete, thieves' cant) A man who is wild, thoughtless, whimsical, capricious or irresponsible.

Forms of jingle-brains

alternative formjingle brains

Questions about jingle-brains

What does jingle-brains mean?
Jingle-brains means a man who is wild, thoughtless, whimsical, capricious or irresponsible.
What part of speech is jingle-brains?
Jingle-brains is a noun.

Words near jingle-brains in the dictionary

  1. jingle bells
  2. jingle brains
  3. jingle mail
  4. jingle shell
  5. jingle shells
  6. jingle-brains
  7. jingle-jangle
  8. jingle-jangled
  9. jingle-jangles
  10. jingle-jangling
  11. jingled

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