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tinkle the ivories

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
tin-kle the ivories
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of tickle the ivories.

Inflected Forms

tinkles the ivories (present, singular) tinkling the ivories (participle, present) tinkled the ivories (participle, past) tinkled the ivories (past)

Questions

What does tinkle the ivories mean?
Alternative form of tickle the ivories.

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