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peakling

peakling adjective: sickly.

Adjective

peakling (comparative more peakling, superlative most peakling)

  1. (Mississippi) Sickly.
    • Jewel's eyes look like pale wood in his high-blooded face. He is a head taller than any of the rest of us, always was. I told them that's why ma always whipped him and petted him more. Because he was peakling around the house more.1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 13

Forms of peakling

comparativemore peakling
superlativemost peakling

Origin of peakling

Probably related to peaky.

Questions about peakling

What does peakling mean?
Peakling means sickly.
What part of speech is peakling?
Peakling is an adjective.

Words near peakling in the dictionary

  1. peakless
  2. peaklessness
  3. peaklet
  4. peaklets
  5. peaklike
  6. peakling
  7. peakness
  8. peaknik
  9. peakniks
  10. peaknuckle
  11. peakon

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