cageling

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English

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Etymology

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From cage +‎ -ling.

Noun

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cageling (plural cagelings)

  1. (uncommon) A bird that is kept confined in a cage.
    • 1869, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 20, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor:
      Am I as a child perhaps, chasing a flown cageling, who among the branches free plays and peeps at the offered cage?
    • 1918, Paul Haupt, “English 'coop' == Assyrian 'Quppu',”, in Modern Language Notes, volume 33, number 7, page 434:
      Semmacherib says that he cooped up King Hezekiah of Judah in Jerusalem like a cageling.

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