rabbitling
rabbitling noun: a small or young rabbit.
Noun
rabbitling (plural rabbitlings)
- A small or young rabbit.
- Three rabbitlings, all with surprising tails — an unique breed — were a peace-offering to move the stubbornest of hearts.1857, Henry Morley, Gossip, page 228
- Yonder goes a weasel wriggling over a turf fence, on the other side of which probably it has its home, gorged, as one can imagine, with the brains of silly rabbibs^([sic]) and rabbitlings.1887, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 263, page 301
Examples of rabbitling in a sentence
- I remember catching a nearly full-grown "rabbitling” in a rather strange way when the waters were out at Windsor, Eton, and Datchet.1905, Arthur Henry Beavan, Animals I Have Known, page 72:
- The total quantity of milk produced during the year was 129,399.6 litres, out of which 25,420.0 litres were fed to calves, piglets and rabbitlings, 78,467.0 litres were sold to Hospitals, […]1980, Annual Report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Environment, page 177:
Forms of rabbitling
| plural | rabbitlings |
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Origin of rabbitling
From rabbit + -ling.
Questions about rabbitling
- What does rabbitling mean?
- Rabbitling means a small or young rabbit.
- How do you use rabbitling in a sentence?
- I remember catching a nearly full-grown "rabbitling” in a rather strange way when the waters were out at Windsor, Eton, and Datchet.
- What part of speech is rabbitling?
- Rabbitling is a noun.
- What is the plural of rabbitling?
- The plural of rabbitling is rabbitlings.
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