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pindling

[pind-ling]

adjective Older Use.

puny; sickly; frail; weak.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; pine² + -ling¹, on the model of dwindling

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pindling (ˈpɪndlɪŋ)

—*adj*
1.	(Western English) peevish or fractious
2.	(US) sickly or puny

[C19: perhaps changed from spindling]

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