lindy
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)