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hinderlin

hinderlin noun: a worthless degenerate.

Noun

hinderlin (plural hinderlins)

  1. (Scotland) A worthless degenerate.
    • How say you, my lusty compeers; shall we permit a hinderlin to sit at board with us, and brand us with the name of cowards?1808, Joseph Strutt, [Walter Scott], “Section VII. Chapter II.”, in [Walter Scott], editor, Queenhoo-Hall, a Romance: And Ancient Times, a Drama. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne &...
  2. (Scotland, in plural) The buttocks.
    • We downa bide the coercion of gude braid-claith about our hinderlans; […]1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees...
    • And although a bold front aye quells them, still they always are on the look-out to take you at disadvantage—in the louping of a dyke, for instance, wha will assure ye that they shall not kittle your hinderlins?1878, Michael Scott, The Cruise of the Midge, page 58

Forms of hinderlin

pluralhinderlins

Questions about hinderlin

What does hinderlin mean?
Hinderlin means a worthless degenerate.
What part of speech is hinderlin?
Hinderlin is a noun.
What is the plural of hinderlin?
The plural of hinderlin is hinderlins.

Words near hinderlin in the dictionary

  1. hindering impediment
  2. hindering impediments
  3. hinderingly
  4. hinderland
  5. hinderlands
  6. hinderlin
  7. hinderling
  8. hinderlings
  9. hinderlins
  10. Hinderliter
  11. Hinderliters

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