English

Verb

linin'

1. Eye dialect spelling of lining.
   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.: J. B. Lippincott & Co., OCLC 276976:

     ‘[W]hy do you all sing hymns that way?’ / ‘Linin’?’ she asked. / ‘Is that what it is?’ / ‘Yeah, it’s called linin’. They’ve done it that way as long as I can remember.’ / Jem said it looked like they could save the collection money for a year and get some hymn-books. / Calpurnia laughed. ‘Wouldn’t do any good,’ she said. ‘They can’t read.’

Derived terms

• linin' up

Malagasy

Noun

linin'

1. a form of liny ^{(please specify which form!)}