pindling

[ pind-ling ]

adjectiveOlder Use.
  1. puny; sickly; frail; weak.

Origin of pindling

1
1860–65, Americanism;pine2 + -ling1, on the model of dwindling

Words Nearby pindling

Other definitions for Pindling (2 of 2)

Pindling
[ pind-ling ]

noun
  1. Lynden Oscar "Father of the Bahamas", 1930–2000, Bahamian political leader: first prime minister 1967–92.

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How to use pindling in a sentence

  • The child's just pining and pindling out of the world, an' I can't stop her.

    The Little Grey House | Marion Ames Taggart
  • 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.

    Aurora the Magnificent | Gertrude Hall

British Dictionary definitions for pindling

pindling

/ (ˈpɪndlɪŋ) /


adjectivedialect
  1. Western English peevish or fractious

  2. US sickly or puny

Origin of pindling

1
C19: perhaps changed from spindling

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