giftling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gift +‎ -ling

Noun[edit]

giftling (plural giftlings)

  1. A little gift.
    Synonym: giftlet
    • 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers:
      You young ladies, may you have plucked pretty giftlings from it; and out of the cracker sugar-plum which you have split with the captain or the sweet young curate may you have read one of those delicious conundrums which the confectioners introduce into the sweetmeats […]
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