pindling
[ pind-ling ]
adjectiveOlder Use.
puny; sickly; frail; weak.
Origin of pindling
1Words Nearby pindling
Other definitions for Pindling (2 of 2)
Pindling
[ pind-ling ]
noun
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 TaggartAnd 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
Western English peevish or fractious
US sickly or puny
Origin of pindling
1C19: perhaps changed from spindling
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