bingle
(ˈbɪŋg(ə)l)
[f. bob n.1 5 b + shingle n.1 1 e.]
A short hairstyle for women, between a bob and a shingle. Hence as v. trans., to cut (hair) in this style. So ˈbingled ppl. a., ˈbingling vbl. n.
| 1925 Punch 11 Mar. 256 This lady complains that you have—ah—completely bungled her bingle. 1925 Westm. Gaz. 13 Apr. 5/3 The shingled or bingled head is firmly established in popularity. 1927 Daily Express 2 Mar. 3/7 Of course, shingled hair goes with any of this kit, or it may be bobbed, Eton cropped, or bingled. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 63 Bobbing..shingling..and a combination of the two, bingling. 1959 W. Golding Free Fall xii. 228 Bobbing, bingling, Eton crops. 1960 News Chron. 11 Oct. 8/3 Bingle it [sc. your hair] yourself. |