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hinderling.

A worthless, degenerate person or animal.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A worthless, degenerate person or animal.

    UK · dialectal
  2. The buttocks; the posterior.

    dated · in-plural
Where this word comes from

"Worthless person" sense: from Middle English hinderling (“a laggard, coward”), from Old English hinderling (“a mean wretch, a sneak”), equivalent to hinder + -ling. Compare hilding.

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