dingleberry

dingleberry
/ding"geuhl ber'ee/, n., pl. dingleberries.
Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.
[1920-25; perh. DINGLE + BERRY; perh. by assoc. with DANGLE]

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