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sourlings

sourlings is the plural of sourling.

Meaning of sourling

Noun

sourling (plural sourlings)

  1. (obsolete) A fruit that is sour because it is unripe.
    • If the tree have any well-ripe fruits, produce them for the banquet, / But let the sourlings be, a good tree beareth both: […]1873, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Proverbial Philosophy, page 269

Questions about sourlings

What is sourlings the plural of?
Sourlings is the plural of sourling.

Words near sourlings in the dictionary

  1. sourkraut
  2. sourkrauts
  3. sourkrout
  4. sourkrouts
  5. sourling
  6. sourlings
  7. sourly
  8. sourmash
  9. sourness
  10. sournesses
  11. sourplum

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