pindling
adjective
puny; sickly; frail; weak.
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
Seaton thought maybe somewhere in that pindling carcass of yours there was the making of a he man and that you'd like the experience.
From The Enchanted Canyon by Honoré Morrow
He was a wide-mouthed, sallow and pindling little boy, whose pipe-stemmed legs looked all the thinner for being contrasted with his feet, which were long and narrow.
From Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber
There is a child, though, Jane they call her, a pindling little thing.
From Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
The babe is pindling scandlous, and its paw is wore to a frazzle tending it of nights, and cooking, and troubling in his mind.
From Mothering on Perilous by Lucy S. Furman
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
Primarily on the Freeport issue, Pindling and his Progressive Liberal Party were voted into office in 1967.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prime Minister Lynden Pindling called for the three-man panel last September after an NBC broadcast alleged that a U.S.
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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