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lieflings

lieflings is the plural of liefling.

Meaning of liefling

Noun

liefling (plural lieflings)

  1. (South Africa) One held as lief or dear; a darling.
    • 'Really, liefling?' she says. Tell me what happened.'1998, Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book - Page 271

Questions about lieflings

What is lieflings the plural of?
Lieflings is the plural of liefling.

Words near lieflings in the dictionary

  1. Liefeld
  2. Liefeldian
  3. liefer
  4. liefest
  5. liefling
  6. lieflings
  7. liefly
  8. liefsome
  9. lieftel
  10. Lieg
  11. liegance

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