dingleberry

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Synonyms: dangleberry, dangle berry, dangle-berry, angleberry, singleterry, tangleberry

Antonyms: dangleberry, dangle berry, dangle-berry, angleberry, singleterry, tangleberry

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Noun

1. {{taxfmt|Vaccinium erythrocarpum|species}}, the southern mountain cranberry.<ref name="DARE">“dingleberry n” listed [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vAr2T4Bh7nkC&pg=PA73 on page 73] of the ''{{w|Dictionary of American Regional English}}'' by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall (1985; [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ Harvard University Press]; {{ISBN|0674205111}}, 9780674205116)</ref>
2. {{lb|en|slang|derogatory}} A stupid or foolish person.<ref name=OxfordSlang>Ayto, John & Simpson, John (2010). "Dingleberry," In ''Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang,'' Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, see [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0199232059]. Retrieved 18 November 2016.</ref>
3. {{senseid|en|fecal}} {{lb|en|slang}} Dried [[fecal matter]] adhering to [[anus|anal]] hair.<ref name=OxfordSlang/>
4. {{lb|en|dated|manufacturing}} Any residual [[irregularity]] following processing.

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