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Meanings of jingo in English

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patrioter

An extreme bellicose nationalist.

        patrioter
        Usage of jingo in English
        1
        This roused the jingo devil in us, and we burst into applause.
        Tell England / A Study in a Generation
        2
        By jingo, I believe he would make three bites of a cherry.
        Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
        3
        Dr Vaughan said by jingo used to be a brand name.
        News.com.au
        4
        We call it the jingo, and it's supposed to sum up the issue.
        Wired
        5
        I got it right, by jingo! He looked pleased with himself.
        American empire: blood and iron
        6
        He lifted up the cover: it was ducks and green pease, by jingo!
        Little Travels and Roadside Sketches
        7
        Roosevelt said, By jingo, it's always a pleasure for me to come to Kansas.
        American empire: blood and iron
        8
        But a wicked material jingo, who wants facts, not theories.
        Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
        9
        Truth to say, your Uncle Samuel was ever a jingo.
        Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
        10
        By jingo; you are not fond of him, are you?
        Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
        11
        This is the way to reform us and make us better, is it?-Byjingo!
        Six Years in the Prisons of England
        12
        To me he represents the ignominious pacifist, whereas to him I represent the sabre-rattling jingo.
        Nobody's Man
        13
        I ought to let him sack me, by jingo!
        American empire: blood and iron
        14
        Mere jingo self-contentment is commonest among those who have some pedantic reason for their patriotism.
        Orthodoxy
        15
        By jingo, Moira, you're a stunner and no mistake.
        The Valley of the Giants
        16
        By jingo, that hadn't occurred to me at all.
        The Long Chance
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