Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tall; limber; flexible.
  • Active; strong; able to bear fatigue.
  • Idle; loitering.
  • Abounding in ling; heathy.

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Examples

  • "You needn't be so rude, it's only a ` lapse of lingy ', as Mr. Davis says," retorted Amy, finishing Jo with her Latin.

    Little Women 1921

  • "You needn't be so rude, it's only a 'lapse of lingy', as Mr. Davis says," retorted Amy, finishing Jo with her Latin.

    Little Women Louisa May Alcott 1860

  • Immediately after the invi/lingy inflaUatiotfy or indtt&lon\

    Ecclesiastical Law 1797

  • lingy buzzed up: Man who went to the moon and came back an artist (AFP) 13 seconds ago 2009-07-19T02: 32: 02-07: 00

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2009

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