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Wiktionary
- v. third-person singular simple present indicative form of dandle.
Etymologies
- Origin unknown.
Examples
“One makes a fool of himself to make his lord merry, another dandles my young master, bestows a little nag on him, a third marries a cracked piece, &c.”
“Rather, my first thought is of the scene in which Tom wonderfully and perfectly portrayed by Nick Nolte dandles a priceless violin out the window, reducing Lowenstein's husband to the quivering pile of crap his cruel personality has always veiled.”
"I was not angry since I came to France / Until this instant...."
““And the flowers half-opened on the surface,” replied Minha, “and which the current dandles like the breeze!””
“Frances cooks him a hearty breakfast and he dandles Joe on his knee while forking scrambled eggs and bacon rashers into his mouth and giving an ac-count of his adventures all at the same time.”
Broken Music, A Memoir
“While she dandles the babe in her arms to the sound.”
“Here in rhythmic curves, she dandles lovely Cupid on her toe; serves as vestal virgin at”
“The two following stanzas of playful namby-pambyism, are a specimen of the manner in which this gentleman dandles his kid: --”
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844
“There occurs, upon this occasion, one of the most beautiful scenes in the Iliad, where Hector dandles the boy in his arms, and pours forth a prayer, that he may one day be superior in fame to his father.”
“He smiled whimsically, and presently one arm swept beneath her knees, so that presently he held her as one dandles a baby; and presently his stiff and yellow beard caressed her burning cheek.”
“He smiled whimsically, and presently one arm swept beneath her knees, so that presently he held her as one dandles a baby; and presently his stiff and graying beard caressed her burning cheek.”
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