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Pringle

Pringle

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A family name originally from Scotland used by many people
  • proper noun
  • /ˈprɪŋɡəl/
translation icon : Pringle
  • Mr. Pringle, under the circumstances I'm going to have to fire you.
  • Heather Pringle

Examples

  • This is for you, Captain Pringle.

    A Foreign Affair (1948)

  • Mack left the farm to his father's lawyer, David Pringle, and his father's sidekick, Wendell, and the farmhands who worked there.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • On July 13, Pringle introduced the general local option bill to the House.

    Academic text (2009)

  • I'll deal with Pringle and his people.

    Down Terrace (2010)

  • - Bill: Hello, Mr. Pringle.

    Down Terrace (2010)

  • You are not a funny man, Captain Pringle.

    A Foreign Affair (1948)

  • The annual convention of the Georgia Temperance Association, led by Charles Pringle, also worked to bring about change.

    Academic text (2009)

  • By Heather Pringle. Heather Pringle is a contributing editor at ARCHAEOLOGY.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Heather Pringle is a freelance science journalist and author of Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In the meeting, Mr. Pringle discussed the new company policy.

Surface Forms

Pringle main

Etymology

Pringle is a Scottish family name that long ago showed someone's family or home, so today it is used as a last name.