Hinderling

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A worthless, degenerate person or animal. British, dialectal

    "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?"

  2. 2
    The buttocks; the posterior. dated, in-plural

Example

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"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?"

Etymology

"Worthless person" sense: from Middle English hinderling (“a laggard, coward”), from Old English hinderling (“a mean wretch, a sneak”), equivalent to hinder + -ling. Compare hilding.

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