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• pindling
  pindling

  adjective

  puny; sickly; frail; weak.
• Pindling
  Pindling

  noun

  Lynden Oscar Father of the Bahamas, 1930–2000, Bahamian political leader: first prime minister 1967–92.

pindling

¹ American  

[pind-ling] / ˈpɪnd lɪŋ /

adjective

Older Use.

1. puny; sickly; frail; weak.

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Pindling ² American  

[pind-ling] / ˈpɪnd lɪŋ /

noun

1. Lynden Oscar Father of the Bahamas, 1930–2000, Bahamian political leader: first prime minister 1967–92.

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pindling British  

/ ˈpɪndlɪŋ /

adjective

1. peevish or fractious

2. sickly or puny

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Etymology

Origin of pindling

1860–65, pine ² + -ling ¹, on the model of dwindling

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Example Sentences

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pindling Pindling

“You’re mighty pindling to be carrying it. Watch you don’t spill it.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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