lambling
lambling noun: a young or little lamb.
Noun
lambling (plural lamblings)
- A young or little lamb.
- I have seen the lamblings skipping / In sunshine and in mist; […]1843, Punch Or The London Charivari - Volume 5 - Page 83
- These woolly lamblings were immensely affected by his exhortations, and when he gave out the hymn, there was such a negro chorus about the house as might be heard across the Potomac — such a chorus as would never have been heard […]1905, William Makepeace Thackeray, The works of William Makepeace Thackeray
- Synonyms:
- lambkin
Examples of lambling in a sentence
- These two pivots of the Great Wheel, blended, had brought men, women and children in their thousands, to kill some miserable lambling . . . on the temple steps in stonement for their sins […]2007, Hugh B. Urban, Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics and Power in the Study of Religion - Page 115:
- So tell me, lamblings, what's gonna keep a big bad supernatural predator from munching down on you succulent little morsels?” he asked, thoroughly creeping me out.2015, John Conroe, College Arcane, page 74:
Synonyms of lambling
Forms of lambling
| plural | lamblings |
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Origin of lambling
From lamb + -ling.
Questions about lambling
- What does lambling mean?
- Lambling means a young or little lamb.
- How do you use lambling in a sentence?
- These two pivots of the Great Wheel, blended, had brought men, women and children in their thousands, to kill some miserable lambling . . . on the temple steps in stonement for their sins […]
- What part of speech is lambling?
- Lambling is a noun.
- What is the plural of lambling?
- The plural of lambling is lamblings.
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