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pinglers

pinglers is the plural of pingler.

Meaning of pingler

Noun

pingler (plural pinglers)

  1. (rare) One who plays with his food, but does not eat.
    • It hath large and wide cheeks, which they always fill, both carrying in, and carrying out, they eat with both, whereupon a devouring fellow,such a one as Stafimus a servant to Plautus was, is called Cricetus, a Hamster, because he filleth his mouth well, and is no pingler at his meat.1607, Edward Topsell, The History of Four-Footed Beasts, page 412

Questions about pinglers

What is pinglers the plural of?
Pinglers is the plural of pingler.

Words near pinglers in the dictionary

  1. Pingju
  2. Pingku
  3. pingle
  4. pingled
  5. pingler
  6. pinglers
  7. pingles
  8. Pingleton
  9. Pingletons
  10. Pingli
  11. Pingliang

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