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hinderlings

hinderlings is the plural of hinderling.

Meaning of hinderling

Noun

hinderling (plural hinderlings)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A worthless, degenerate person or animal.
    • 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. (dated, in plural) The buttocks; the posterior.

Questions about hinderlings

What is hinderlings the plural of?
Hinderlings is the plural of hinderling.

Words near hinderlings in the dictionary

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

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