pindling
adjective
puny; sickly; frail; weak.
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pindling
1 American
[pind-ling]
/ ˈpɪnd lɪŋ /
adjective
Older Use.
Pindling
2
American
[pind-ling]
/ ˈpɪnd lɪŋ /
noun
pindling
British
/ ˈpɪndlɪŋ /
adjective
-
peevish or fractious
-
sickly or puny
Etymology
Origin of pindling
Example Sentences
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“You’re mighty pindling to be carrying it. Watch you don’t spill it.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
A pindling scrawny little thing, about ten years old.
From Gigolo by Edna Ferber
And all the reason for it that one could see was that pindling, hollow-eyed young fellow who had entered the room in her wake.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
Always after Ellen's mother had said to her father that she thought Ellen looked pindling he was late about coming home from the shop, and would turn in at the gate laden with paper parcels.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
There is a child, though, Jane they call her, a pindling little thing.
From Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
Flights to Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau will start Dec. 15 and run three times a week through April 10, Alaska said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Conch shells and symbols of the shellfish are everywhere: A giant statue of a conch shell greets tourists at Lynden Pindling International Airport in the capital city of Nassau.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Vesco allegedly paid about $100,000 a month to Bahamian officials, including the Prime Minister, Sir Lynden Pindling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last year Pindling gained major new leverage: control of immigration and the issuing of work permits in Freeport.
From Time Magazine Archive
As was usually the case when this happened, Jane, designated by mournful Mark as "the Pindling One," was sitting on the gatepost gazing disconsolately down the road.
From Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
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