Meaning of hinderlin | Babel Free
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of hinderling.
- A worthless degenerate.
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The buttocks. Scotland, in-plural
Examples
“How say⟳ you, my lusty compeers; shall we permit⟳ a hinderlin to sit⟳ at board⟳ with us, and brand us with the name⟳ of cowards?”
“We downa bide the coercion of gude braid-claith about our hinderlans; […]”
“And although a bold front aye quells them, still they always are on the look-out to take⟳ you at disadvantage—in the louping of a dyke, for instance, wha will assure ye that they shall not kittle your hinderlins?”
“My certes! gin ever it comes to a fecht wi' the Levellers, the dragooners has only to turn⟳ their horses and chairge hinderlins on, and—weel, Davie Veitch will no be there!”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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