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Peakling vs Pearling - What's the difference?

peakling | pearling |

As an adjective peakling

is (dialectal|mississippi) sickly.

As a verb pearling is

.

peakling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dialectal, Mississippi) sickly.
  • * 1930 , William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying , Library of America, 1985, p.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 about the house more.

    pearling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1999, Joanne VanMeter [http://www.letsplay.net/archive99/020399.shtml]:
    • Used a pointed tip today and learned why I kept pearling with my round tipped board. Round noses like to dig into the water, causing frustrating wipeouts.