hushling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hush +‎ -ling.

Noun[edit]

hushling (plural not attested)

  1. a term of endearment
    • 1911, Charles Joseph MacConaghy Phillips, Back Home:
      Had borne her life-companion to the grave;
      And by her smiled the new-made mother, proud
      To show her hushling baby to the women,
      While sage advice was poured into her ears, […]
    • 1930, The wild swan:
      Sleep, hushling, sleep ;
      Peace, restless one ;
      Arms for a cradle,
      My little son !
    • 1953, Harold Vinal, Voices - Issues 150-155:
      Make haste then, hushling, have a suppliant's care
      To claim what falls your way compassionate,
      A beggar's ransom, […]
    • 2010, Mike Allen, Marie Brennan, Tori Truslow, Clockwork Phoenix 3:
      The other crows call her sweetling and hushling, and give her cigarette ends to put in her little bag.

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