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
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
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 Lucy Furman
There is a child, though, Jane they call her, a pindling little thing.
From Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
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
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
Bahamian Prime Minister Lynden Pindling is willing to reconsider his plans for nationalizing the casinos if Hughes takes them over.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Pindling: "Our boats don't fly the Jolly Roger."
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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