pindling

[ pind-ling ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Older Use.

Pindling

[ pind-ling ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

pindling

/ ˈpɪndlɪŋ /

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

C19: perhaps changed from spindling

The child's just pining and pindling out of the world, an' I can't stop her.

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.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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