pingle

Mar. 9th, 2012 07:51 am
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pingle (PIN-guhl) - n., (obs./dial.) a small piece of inclosed ground.


Why it is inclosed instead of enclosed, I cannot help you with. But I like the idea of a word for a pocket lawn. Origin obscure, but speculated to be related to pin in an old sense of impound.

---L.
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