Meanings
adjectivepeakling (comparative more peakling, superlative most peakling)
comparative more peakling · superlative most peakling
- MississippiSickly.
Jewel's eyes look like pale wood in his high-blooded face. He is a head taller than any of the rest of us, always was. I told them that's why ma always whipped him and petted him more. Because he was peakling around the house more.
1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 13
Origin
Probably related to peaky.
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peakling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peakling
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“peakling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peakling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peakling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peakling.
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