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flockling

flockling noun: a lamb.

Noun

flockling (plural flocklings)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A lamb.
    • […] she takes not so much for curing a thousand mortal People, as I have spent in Turpentine and Tarre to keep my Flocklings cleanly in a Spring time.1659, Richard Brome, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Forms of flockling

pluralflocklings

Origin of flockling

From flock + -ling.

Questions about flockling

What does flockling mean?
Flockling means a lamb.
What part of speech is flockling?
Flockling is a noun.
What is the plural of flockling?
The plural of flockling is flocklings.

Words near flockling in the dictionary

  1. flocking
  2. flocking together
  3. flockings
  4. flockless
  5. flocklike
  6. flockling
  7. flocklings
  8. flockmaster
  9. flockmasters
  10. flockmate
  11. flockmates

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