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See also: Lindy
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Lindy, the nickname of US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh.
Noun[edit]
lindy (plural lindys or lindies)
- A jitterbug, originated in Harlem, New York.
Verb[edit]
lindy (third-person singular simple present lindies, present participle lindying, simple past and past participle lindied)
- (intransitive) To perform this dance.
References[edit]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
lindy
- (Saint-Domingue) a Monday
Descendants[edit]
- Haitian Creole: lendi
References[edit]
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
Tlahuica[edit]
Noun[edit]
lindy
References[edit]
- Elpidia Reynoso González, Vocabulario Español-Tlahuica (1998)
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- English countable nouns
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
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- en:Dances
- Haitian Creole terms inherited from French
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- Haitian Creole lemmas
- Haitian Creole nouns
- Saint Dominican Creole French
- Tlahuica lemmas
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- ocu:Birds