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
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
He was only a pindling critter when he pipped the shell, an’ the vi-cis-si-tudes that bird’s been through since he fust scratched would ha’ made a human lay right down and die.
From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Grace Brooks Hill
Then there was the writing desk; a substantial structure that bore no relation to the pindling rose-and-cream affairs that graced the guest rooms.
From Cheerful—By Request by Edna Ferber
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
Pindling likened Thatcher's stance to that of a would-be rescuer who waits for the victim to drown before throwing a lifeline.
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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