Puling
[pju:liŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pule
(n.) A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.
(a.) Whimpering; whining; childish.
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Examples
- A while since that sufficed to keep her handsome and cheery, and there she sits now a poor, little, pale, puling chit enough. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He will sow his wild oats, she would say, and is worth far more than that puling hypocrite of a brother of his. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This was the man who had been the main instrument in forcing his sister to wed me; well knowing that her heart was given to that puling boy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Even now, there was only that puling, sickly Pitt Crawley between Rawdon and a baronetcy; and should anything happen to the former, all would be well. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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