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slinkings

slinkings is the plural of slinking.

Meaning of slinking

Noun

slinking (plural slinkings)

  1. The act of one who slinks.
    • [A]t midnight, after wanderings that were but slinkings away from cheerfulness and light, I slunk to my bed.1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “”, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 428

Questions about slinkings

What is slinkings the plural of?
Slinkings is the plural of slinking.

Words near slinkings in the dictionary

  1. slinkiest
  2. slinkily
  3. slinkiness
  4. slinking
  5. slinkingly
  6. slinkings
  7. slinks
  8. slinkskin
  9. slinkskins
  10. slinky
  11. Slinkys

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