pindling
adjective
puny; sickly; frail; weak.
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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
A pindling scrawny little thing, about ten years old.
From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna
There is a child, though, Jane they call her, a pindling little thing.
From Up the Hill and Over by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone
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 Brownell, Gertrude Hall
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
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