Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of feeble
plural feeblings
- A feeble person.
You are feeblings. I am your master. You can't bring a squeal out of me. You think it remarkable, for you know how easily you would squeal.
1915, Jack London, The Star Rover1 more example
Our sergeant did not, therefore, as might have been expected, retain the hale men to fight and send on the feeblings, but just the reverse; and the only disabled soldiers pushed forward were the few in the waggons […]
1878, Stephen Joseph Mac Kenna, Brave Men in Action
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