jingo-ringn.
/ˈdʒɪŋɡəʊˌrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪŋɡoʊˌrɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈdʒɪŋəˌrɪŋ/, /ˈdʒɪŋɡoˌrɪŋ/ Scottish.
A girls' game in which they join hands in a circle, and move to music round a central girl, singing the ditty of which the beginning is cited in quot. 1841.
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1841 in R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. 268 ‘Here we go the jingo-ring, The jingo-ring, the jingo-ring, Here we go the jingo-ring, About the merry-ma-tanzie.’
1844 W. Miller in D. Robertson Songs for Nursery 45/2 An' han' in han' they jink about, Like weans at jingo-ring.
1865 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 358 Little folk, that play at jing-a-ring.
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n.1841