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oldlings

oldlings is the plural of oldling.

Meaning of oldling

Noun

oldling (plural oldlings)

  1. One who is old or advanced in years; elder.
    • For the oldlings like the younglings, And they cannot say them "nay," And the oldlings and the younglings Keep God's full-grown man away […]1907, Reports of the boards - Issue 105 - Page 90
    Synonyms:
    olding

Questions about oldlings

What is oldlings the plural of?
Oldlings is the plural of oldling.

Words near oldlings in the dictionary

  1. Oldknows
  2. Oldland
  3. Oldland Common
  4. oldline
  5. oldling
  6. oldlings
  7. oldly
  8. oldman
  9. Oldmans
  10. Oldmeldrum
  11. oldmen

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