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heartlings

heartlings interjection: an exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.

Interjection

  1. (obsolete) An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
    • My will! ’od’s heartlings, that’s a pretty jest indeed!c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about heartlings

What does heartlings mean?
Heartlings means an exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
What part of speech is heartlings?
Heartlings is an interjection.

Words near heartlings in the dictionary

  1. heartlike
  2. heartline
  3. heartlines
  4. heartliness
  5. heartling
  6. heartlings
  7. heartly
  8. heartman
  9. heartmate
  10. heartmates
  11. heartmen

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