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English
Etymology
Probably related to peaky.
Adjective
peakling (comparative more peakling, superlative most peakling)
- (Mississippi) Sickly.
1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 13: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.
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