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  • pindling
    pindling
    adjective
    puny; sickly; frail; weak.
  • Pindling
    Pindling
    noun
    Lynden Oscar Father of the Bahamas, 1930–2000, Bahamian political leader: first prime minister 1967–92.

pindling

1 American  
[pind-ling] / ˈpɪnd lɪŋ /

adjective

Older Use.

  1. puny; sickly; frail; weak.

Pindling 2 American  
[pind-ling] / ˈpɪnd lɪŋ /

noun

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

pindling British  
/ ˈpɪndlɪŋ /

adjective

  1. peevish or fractious

  2. sickly or puny

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Etymology

Origin of pindling

1860–65, pine 2 + -ling 1, on the model of dwindling

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