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hingey en · ADJ

Etymology

From hinge (“to be in poor health”) + -y.

Meanings

1. Out of sorts, slightly unwell, ill.
   • He then rose from his seat visibly agitated, and placing both hands in his pockets, as was his wont on important and dignified occasions, to show the small boys how much he was at ease, planted himself in a hingey attitude before the small desk of the principal, and began: […] 1853, The U.S. Democratic Review, volume 32, page 169:
   • The natural line of my somewhat hingey sidearm throw was falling across a rock, snagging and dragging the line. 2015, Mark Kingwell, Measure Yourself Against the Earth, page 266:

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