whelpling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From whelp +‎ -ling.

Noun[edit]

whelpling (plural whelplings)

  1. A little whelp.
    • 1907, Frederic William Farrar, Lives of the Fathers:
      " […] For that whelpling Diogenes sought to find a man, carrying round his lamp at midday; but Marcion, having quenched the light of faith, has lost the God whom he had found."
    • 2011, Ani Johnson, Half-Breed:
      "Yes, I did," Evia replied, and then licked the top of the whelpling's head.
    • 2011, Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence:
      […] to share space with his dog, whom the attendant explained he'd rescued from the road and taken in, likely, according to the corny script I'd begun playing in, so I'd understand I was truly a stray, a whelpling, a pup.
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