jingle-jangle

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"Habibi Ya Einy" (My Darling, My Eyes) and "Shik Shak Shok" (jangling sound of a belly dancer's costume, sort of like jingle-jangle-jingle or "shake, shake, shake").

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  1. A trinket; anything that jingles. For I was told ere I came from home You're the goodliest man I ere saw beforne; With so many jinglejangles about one's necke As is about yours, I never saw none. The King and a Poors Northerne Man. (Halliwell.)
  2. A jingling sound. The jingle-jangle of … dissonant bells. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, p. 50.
  3. To make a jingling sound.

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  • "Habibi Ya Einy" (My Darling, My Eyes) and "Shik Shak Shok" (jangling sound of a belly dancer's costume, sort of like jingle-jangle-jingle or "shake, shake, shake"). —  بالاترین
  • 'Ballad of the Skeletons' to Paul McCartney's jingle-jangle score, Ginsberg takes the theatricality of the work to a level not associated even with poetry of revolution. —  Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
  • It contains five melodic songs, sometimes trashy (the title track with its almost Buzzcockian overtones) but more often wistful (the utterly gorgeous "visiting a house" like a more downbeat cousin of that other almost forgotten gem "if she doesn't smile ..." by Fantastic Something, or the tragic tale of "the lighthouse song"), and all with a groovy jingle-jangle that could lead the Children to be termed —  Pop 'n Cherries
  • For now he listens to Dylan's song and hears the singing joy, feels it all on the surface with no need of a secret decoder, realizes that whether Mr. Tambourine Man is a connection or a Cub Scout den mother, or just a close close friend, what counts is the feeling, the surrender and the joy, the sense of wonder and discovery, and the bright jingle-jangle morning all around you. —  Expecting Rain
  • Don Dixon - singer, songwriter, producer, jingle-jangle jack and master of all tunesmith trades - offered this pure pop gem for then record buyers that still appeals to now people. —  All articles at Blogcritics
 

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