feebling

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noun

A feeble person.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of feeble
nounfeebling (plural feeblings)

plural feeblings

  1. 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 Rover
    1 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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