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Definition of Limping

1. Noun. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.

Definition of Limping

1. Verb. (present participle of limp) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Limping

1. limp [v] - See also: limp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limping

Literary usage of Limping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Foreign Exchange by Albert Conser Whitaker (1919)
"The limping gold standard.—The "limping gold standard" (French "etalon boiteux") is a term of fairly recent origin applied to the monetary system of a ..."

2. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"Collins found intestinal disturbances of some sort in 57 out of 100 cases.3 All such conditions require unremitting attention. INTERMITTENT limping. ..."

3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... And yet so pinched and bare and comfortless, The veriest straggler limping on his rounds, The sun and air his sole inheritance, Laughed at a poverty ..."

4. The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, Henry Justice Ford (1900)
"LAUGHING EYE AND WEEPING EYE, OR THE limping FOX (SERVIAN STORY) ONCE upon a time there lived a man whose right eye always smiled, and whose left eye always ..."

5. Outlines of Economics Developed in a Series of Problems by Dept. of Political Economy, University of Chicago (1912)
"The limping Standard This topic requires no discussion. ... France and the United States furnish examples of a limping standard. iv. ..."

6. My Life and Recollections by Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley (1865)
""limping Dal"—The Earl of Stair and his private "pitching in" —His chere amie and her devotion rewarded—Their appearance in Scotland—His marvellous ..."

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