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dahling

dahling noun: darling (imitating a posh or pretentious person).

Noun

dahling (plural dahlings)

  1. (term-of-address) darling (imitating a posh or pretentious person)
    • (She seems to be saying to her son, “But dahling, if you don’t marry one of these dreary girls, all these frightful yobs will think you’re gay.”)2007 June 27, Alastair Macaulay, “How Could There Be Ballet Before the Swans Learned to Dance?”, in New York Times

Forms of dahling

pluraldahlings

Questions about dahling

What does dahling mean?
Dahling means darling (imitating a posh or pretentious person).
What part of speech is dahling?
Dahling is a noun.
What is the plural of dahling?
The plural of dahling is dahlings.

Words near dahling in the dictionary

  1. Dahlian
  2. dahlias
  3. Dahlik
  4. dahlin
  5. dahline
  6. dahling
  7. dahlings
  8. Dahlins
  9. Dahlke
  10. Dahlke envelope
  11. Dahlke envelopes

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