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petlings

petlings is the plural of petling.

Meaning of petling

Noun

petling (plural petlings)

  1. term of affection or endearment; darling.
    • If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail
      Will sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow,
      And Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale; […]
      While evermore the petlings, with sad brow,
      Will look for thee upon the holly bough […]1845, Thomas Cooper, The Purgatory of Suicides, Book the Fourth, Stanza IX

Questions about petlings

What is petlings the plural of?
Petlings is the plural of petling.

Words near petlings in the dictionary

  1. petless
  2. petlessness
  3. Petley
  4. petlike
  5. petling
  6. petlings
  7. Petliurist
  8. Petliurists
  9. Petliurite
  10. Petliurites
  11. Petlovac

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