sb. (also attrib.). [Varied reduplication of TINKLE.] Tinkling with alternation of sound. So Tinkle-tankling vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
a. 1619. Fletcher, Wit without M., V. i. Here is such a tinkle-tanklings that we can ne’re lie quiet.
1859. Sala, Tw. round Clock (1861), 186. Plenty of good heavy choruses, tinkle-tankling instrumental music.
1874. Daily News, 25 Aug., 5/4. The indefatigable conductor, who beats time with bâton, head, hands, and boots altogether must be distraught by this time with the tinkle tankle of the Fille Angot and La Belle Bourbonnaise.
1882. J. Walker, Jaunt to Auld Reckie, 205. Stringed guitars with tinkle-tankle tones.
1901. El. G. Hayden, Trav. Round our Vill., 125. A flute or violin whose quaint tinkle-tankle adds to the archaic character of the proceeding.
