Hinderling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hinderling is a noun meaning (British, dialectal) A worthless, degenerate person or animal.
Meaning
(British, dialectal) A worthless, degenerate person or animal.
More Meanings
- (dated, in the plural) The buttocks; the posterior.
Example Sentences
An animal you deem good for nothing, you may term a hinderling.
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?
"How? How do I know? Know that you are there or know that you are a rossamünderling? An ouranin? A manikin? A hinderling? A pink-lips? A fake-foe? […]"
[…] from which the West Saxons, namely the men of Exeter have a saying of the greatest contempt, in that when moved by the highest wrath they call one another a hinderling, that is, one sunk down from all honor.
Word Forms
- hinderlings
- hinderlin
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hinderlin, nonce, blighter, dickweed, hilding, fellow.
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