Collins Rhyming Dictionary. Rosalind Fergusson

Merthyr Tydfil, * run-of-the-mill, over the hill, * Cruella De Vil

      17.16 bilk, ilk, milk, silk, * Liebfraumilch, buttermilk

       The cow is of the bovine ilk;

       One end is moo, the other, milk.

      OGDEN NASH

      17.17 filch, milch, zilch

      17.18 billed, build, chilled, drilled, filled, gild, grilled, guild, killed, milled, pilled, sild, skilled, thrilled, willed, * unskilled, unfilled, unwilled, self-willed, weak-willed, rebuild, refilled, distilled, strong-willed, fulfilled, Brunhild, * jerry-build, semiskilled, overbuild, unfulfilled, etc.

      17.19 film, * clingfilm, * microfilm

      17.20 kiln, Milne, * limekiln

      17.21 built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, milt, quilt, silt, spilt, stilt, tilt, wilt, * unbuilt, unspilt, well-built, inbuilt, * Vanderbilt, jerry-built, purpose-built, overbuilt, custom-built

      17.22 filth, tilth

      17.23 bills, Bill’s, drills, fills, frills, gills, hills, ills, kills, Lil’s, mills, Mills, Phil’s, pills, Pils, skills, spills, thrills, wills, Wills, Will’s, * no-frills, * pastilles, windmills, molehills, foothills, * daffodils, espadrilles, * battle of wills, Beverly Hills, etc.

       His eye so dim,

       So wasted each limb,

       That, heedless of grammar, they all cried, ‘That’s him!’

      R. H. BARHAM

      17.24 brim, dim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, Lymm, prim, Pimm, Pym, quim, rim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim, * bedim, * antonym, acronym, cherubim, seraphim, eponym, interim, synonym, hypernym, hyponym, toponym, homonym, Joachim, pseudonym, * heteronym

      17.25 dimmed, skimmed, slimmed, trimmed, * undimmed, untrimmed, broad-brimmed, loose-limbed, * semi-skimmed, etc.

      17.26 lymph, nymph

      17.27 blimp, chimp, crimp, gimp, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, skimp, wimp

      17.28 chimps, glimpse, imps, limps, pimps, shrimps, wimps, etc.

       On a sofa upholstered in panther skin

       Mona did researches in original sin.

      WILLIAM PLOMER

      17.29 bin, Bryn, chin, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, in, inn, jinn, kin, Lynn, min, pin, PIN, quin, Quinn, shin, sin, skin, spin, thin, tin, twin, whin, win, Wyn, yin, * unpin, akin, agin, therein, wherein, Vietminh, Berlin, herein, begin, built-in, within, King’s Lynn, Penrhyn, Pinyin, chinchin, Turin, Boleyn, * Jacobin, atropin, paladin, Saladin, Anadin®, paraffin, trampoline, Jacqueline, Madeleine, Magdalene, mandolin, Carolyn, lanolin, saccharin, mandarin, Catherine, Mazarin, ramekin, mannequin, Sanhedrin, masculine, albumen, albumin, capuchin, Capuchin, harlequin, wafer-thin, kaolin, chamberlain, Chamberlain, terrapin, next-of-kin, gelatin, keratin, zeppelin, mescalin, Gwendolen, heparin, nectarine, Benjamin, melanin, Peregrine, specimen, feminine, medicine, heroin, heroine, endocrine, Bedouin, genuine, Menuhin, eosin, litter bin, whipper-in, Ritalin®, crinoline, Michelin®, glycerine, vitamin, histamine, Mickey Finn, discipline, Silvikrin®, insulin, bitumen, Scriabin, violin, thiamine, niacin, myelin, Borodin, Rosalyn, sovereign, moccasin, origin, globulin, formalin, warfarin, porphyrin, Ho Chi Minh, Lohengrin, underpin, onionskin, muscadine, Gunga Din, rub it in, bulletin, * Led Zeppelin, adrenaline, amphetamine, unfeminine, tuberculin, through thick and thin, self-discipline, indiscipline, * nitroglycerine, antihistamine, * immunoglobulin

      17.30 blink, brink, chink, clink, dink, drink, fink, Frink, gink, Inc., ink, jink, kink, link, mink, pink, plink, prink, rink, shrink, sink, skink, slink, stink, sync, think, twink, wink, zinc, * unthink, bethink, rethink, * ratfink, rethink, lip-sync, Haitink, ice rink, snowblink, cuff link, hoodwink, * Maeterlinck, skating rink, pen-and-ink, rinky-dink, tiddlywink, hyperlink, bobolink, countersink, out of sync, doublethink

       They never taste who always drink;

       They always talk, who never think.

      MATTHEW PRIOR

      17.31 blinks, chinks, clinks, drinks, jinx, Lincs, links, lynx, minx, shrinks, sinks, sphinx, stinks, thinks, winks, * methinks, rethinks, high jinks, * ratfinks, larynx, pharynx, golf links, cuff links, * tiddlywinks, forty winks, etc.

      17.32 blinked, clinked, inked, kinked, linked, pinked, prinked, winked, * succinct, distinct, extinct, * precinct, instinct, hoodwinked, * index-linked, indistinct, etc.

      17.33 cinch, clinch, finch, flinch, grinch, inch, lynch, Lynch, Minch, pinch, winch, * half-inch, * chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch, bullfinch

      17.34 finned, grinned, Lind, pinned, Sind, sinned, skinned, tinned, twinned, wind, * unpinned, upwind, dark-skinned, fair-skinned, rescind, thick-skinned, thin-skinned, downwind, * trade wind, tailwind, headwind, Chetwynd, destined, whirlwind, sequined, Rifkind, crosswind, woodwind, ruined, * examined, predestined, determined, * Amerind, tamarind, disciplined, Rosalind, underpinned, wunderkind, double-chinned, * undisciplined, * undetermined

      17.35 bing, bling, bring, Byng, Ching, cling, ding, fling, Inge, king, King, ling, Ming, ping, ring, sing, Singh, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, Synge, thing, ting, Ting, Tring, wing, wring, zing, * unsling, unstring, Nanking, Ram Singh, Beijing, left-wing, Peking, I Ching, bling-bling, Taiping, right-wing

       A little learning is a dangerous thing;

       Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

      ALEXANDER POPE

      17.36 brings, clings, kings, Kings, rings, sings, springs, strings, swings, things, wings, * Palm Springs, * Alice Springs, waterwings, underthings, etc.

      17.37 binge, cringe, dinge, fringe, hinge, minge, singe, springe, swinge, whinge, tinge, twinge, * unhinge, impinge, syringe, infringe, * scavenge, challenge, orange, Orange, lozenge

      17.38 mince, prince, quince, rinse, since, Vince, wince, * convince, evince, * province, * Port-au-Prince

       They dined on mince, and slices of quince,

       Which they ate with a runcible spoon.

      EDWARD LEAR

      17.39 bint, clint, Clint, dint, flint, Flint, glint, hint, lint, mint, print, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint, * reprint, imprint, * catmint, varmint, spearmint, enprint, reprint, skinflint, imprint, misprint, offprint, voiceprint, thumbprint, footprint, blueprint, newsprint, * aquatint, peppermint, mezzotint, fingerprint, overprint, wunderkind, * Septuagint

      17.40 Clint’s, flints, glints, hints, chintz, splints, squints, tints, etc.

      17.41 plinth, * absinthe, helminth, Corinth, * labyrinth, terebinth, hyacinth

      17.42 bins, Binns, chins, fins, Finns, grins, Lynn’s, quins, shins, sins, skins, spins, tins, twins, * unpins, begins, * Jacobins, Jacqueline’s, Madeleine’s, mandolins, Carolyn’s, mandarins, Catherine’s, ramekins, mannequins, Capuchins, terrapins, nectarines, Benjamin’s, medicines, heroines, Bedouins, litter bins, withershins, crinolines, vitamins, violins, moccasins, origins, underpins, bulletins, * amphetamines, etc.

      17.43 blip, chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, gyp, hip, kip, lip, nip, pip, Pip, quip, rip, scrip, ship, sip, skip, slip, snip, strip, tip, trip, Tripp, whip, zip, * unhip, unclip, unzip,