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starvelings

starvelings is the plural of starveling.

Meaning of starveling

Noun

starveling (plural starvelings)

  1. One who is thin from lack of food.
    • If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about starvelings

What is starvelings the plural of?
Starvelings is the plural of starveling.

Words near starvelings in the dictionary

  1. starveacre
  2. starved
  3. starved the beast
  4. starvedly
  5. starveling
  6. starvelings
  7. starvemaxx
  8. starvemaxxed
  9. starvemaxxes
  10. starvemaxxing
  11. starven

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