Words similar to jingo
Example sentences for: jingo
How can you use “jingo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
I'd like to add a word to Harry Cohen's delightful list in “Jingo Lingo” [XVI, 4].
I noted the references to tweeter and boomer or wow and hum in Harry Cohen's article, “Jingo Lingo” [XVI,4].
My suspicions aroused, I found that a number of entries had neither a nautical origin nor, perceivably, any nautical connection: jingo , offered as probably a Basque word, acquires a nautical connection because Basques were among the earliest organised whalers in Europe, and as harpooners their expressions would have carried some weight with other seafarers.
origin of infra dig, take the cake, blackball, sand hog, Dutch courage, hoodlum(ism), horse latitudes, flotsam, jetsam, apple-pie bed/apple-pie order, jingo
For those words of doubtful origin (like dive `disreputable bar,' jingo, rag `taunt,' toy , etc.), Ayto presents the current wisdom, where available, and lets the user decide for himself from among the theories proffered.
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