Both Uses

hobbled
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Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli
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And most of all the pigeon, the one pigeon that hurried across the grass lopsided—"loppysided," as Palmer would have said then—as if one leg had been kicked out from under it, hurrying, hobbling, wobbling in goofy loops, tilting like a sailboat blown over, a boy chasing after, running and reaching, the boy laughing, the people laughing, little Palmer thinking, The boy wants it for a pet.†
p. 39.6 *
And then the pigeon was coming this way, flopping, righting itself, hobbling straight for the people, head bobbing, loppysiding on a curving course, and the people were shrieking and calling "Wringer!†
p. 39.8

Definitions:

(1) (hobbled as in: she hobbled up the hill)
walked with difficulty (due to injury or physical impediment)

or:

hindered (made the action or progress of something difficult)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Hobble originally referred to tying together two legs of horses or cattle, so they would not wander far away.