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chefling

chefling noun: a young, little, or subordinate chef.

Noun

chefling (plural cheflings)

  1. A young, little, or subordinate chef.
    • […] they see that up & coming cheflings do not scoff
      at peelings […]1988, Poetry Australia, numbers 117-122, page 65
    • “Do I ask you?”, she shouts, “what goes on in the kitchen? How do I know you're not buggering your cheflings in the larder?”2008, Rikki Ducornet, Tom Motley, The One Marvelous Thing - Page 83

Forms of chefling

pluralcheflings

Origin of chefling

From chef + -ling. Piecewise doublet of chiefling and headling.

Questions about chefling

What does chefling mean?
Chefling means a young, little, or subordinate chef.
What part of speech is chefling?
Chefling is a noun.
What is the plural of chefling?
The plural of chefling is cheflings.

Words near chefling in the dictionary

  1. cheffoniers
  2. cheffy
  3. chefing
  4. chefless
  5. cheflike
  6. chefling
  7. cheflings
  8. chefly
  9. chefmanship
  10. chefnap
  11. chefnapped

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