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hinderlins

hinderlins is the plural of hinderlin.

Meaning of hinderlin

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...

Questions about hinderlins

What is hinderlins the plural of?
Hinderlins is the plural of hinderlin.

Words near hinderlins in the dictionary

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

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