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boundlings

boundlings is the plural of boundling.

Meaning of boundling

Noun (1)

boundling (plural boundlings)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) One who is bound.
    • Always, always look in the darkest thickets for the boundlings, a curious myth in which babies are rescued from their light covering of troubles if found in time.1991, Douglas Oliver, Three variations on the theme of harm

Noun (2)

boundling (plural boundlings)

  1. (humorous, nonce-word) A little bounder.
    • And we were starting to hook ourselves on to the tail end of the dwindling procession, quite on friendly terms, when to my horror that young English cadlet — or boundling, which you will — strolled calmly out in front of us, […]1909, Charles Norris Williamson, Alice Muriel Williamson, Set in silver

Questions about boundlings

What is boundlings the plural of?
Boundlings is the plural of boundling.

Words near boundlings in the dictionary

  1. boundless
  2. boundlessly
  3. boundlessness
  4. boundlessnesses
  5. boundling
  6. boundlings
  7. boundness
  8. bounds
  9. bounds ahead
  10. Bounds Green
  11. boundsgoer

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