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driftling

driftling noun: one who is carried about, drifts, or wanders aimlessly; a drifter; wanderer; traveller.

Noun

driftling (plural driftlings)

  1. One who is carried about, drifts, or wanders aimlessly; a drifter; wanderer; traveller.
    • The low note is the voice Of the Spirit, God, Love, Saying. "Driftling! rejoice, There is harbor Above."1888, Edward Doyle, Moody moments: poems - Page 56
    • The fact of their existence at Nagasaki having been communicated to the American commissioner at Canton, the sloop of war, Preble, was dispatched to bring away these driftlings. She arrived off the harbour of Nagasaki on the 17th of April.1999, Kinahan Cornwallis, Two Journeys to Japan, 1856-7 - Page 60

Forms of driftling

pluraldriftlings

Origin of driftling

From drift + -ling.

Questions about driftling

What does driftling mean?
Driftling means one who is carried about, drifts, or wanders aimlessly; a drifter; wanderer; traveller.
What part of speech is driftling?
Driftling is a noun.
What is the plural of driftling?
The plural of driftling is driftlings.

Words near driftling in the dictionary

  1. Driftless Area
  2. driftlessly
  3. driftlessness
  4. driftlet
  5. driftlets
  6. driftling
  7. driftlings
  8. driftnet
  9. driftnets
  10. driftnetted
  11. driftnetting

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