Lindy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutives with -y.
Proper noun
[edit]Lindy
- A pet form of female given names, such as Linda.
- 2004, Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage, →ISBN, page 105:
- Lindy herself hated the name Lindy. She said it sounded like a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name, Linnet.
- Nickname of Charles Lindbergh.
- Unisex given name
Noun
[edit]Lindy (plural Lindys)
- A certain dance step.
- A musical composition suitable for such a dance.
- 2002, Herman Wouk, War and Remembrance, page 234:
- "These damned Lindys!" bubbled Janice. "Don't they play anything for old married folks?"