PINDLING Definition & Meaning

pindling

[ pind-ling ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Older Use.

puny; sickly; frail; weak.

Pindling

[ pind-ling ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

pindling

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adjective

peevish or fractious
sickly or puny

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pindling¹

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pindling¹

C19: perhaps changed from spindling

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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.

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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.

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

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Authorities closed airports for the Abaco Islands, Grand Bahama and Bimini, but Lynden Pindling International Airport in the capital, Nassau, stayed open.

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Dame Marguerite Pindling, the governor general of the Bahamas, is a few weeks away from turning 86.

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