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
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 Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
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 Morrow, Honoré
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 Ferber, Edna
On the religious side all that they have had is the occasional itinerant preacher, thundering at them of the wrath of God; and on the cultural what Aunt Dalmanutha calls the "pindling" district school.
From Sight to the Blind by Furman, Lucy
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
But any hope Pindling had that the inquiry would eliminate the rumors quickly backfired.
From Time Magazine Archive
The black nationalist government of Prime Minister Lynden Pindling, which recently negotiated an agreement for full independence from Britain next July, is foundering financially, largely because of a severe drop in tourist revenues.
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 Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone
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