Hinderling

"Hinderling" in a Sentence (4 examples)

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?

An animal you deem good for nothing, you may term a hinderling.

[…] 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.

"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? […]"

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