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strayling

strayling noun: a little waif or stray; a driftling.

Noun

strayling (plural straylings)

  1. A little waif or stray; a driftling.
    • […] yet, seeing it in its true light, manages to hold herself aloof from it; unconsciously conveying to one meeting her for the first time the impression that she was in San Pasqual on her own sufferance—a sort of strayling from another world who had picked upon the lonely little desert town as the...2008, Peter B. Kyne, The Long Chance

Forms of strayling

pluralstraylings

Origin of strayling

From stray + -ling.

Questions about strayling

What does strayling mean?
Strayling means a little waif or stray; a driftling.
What part of speech is strayling?
Strayling is a noun.
What is the plural of strayling?
The plural of strayling is straylings.

Words near strayling in the dictionary

  1. Strayhorn
  2. Strayhorns
  3. straying
  4. strayings
  5. straylight
  6. strayling
  7. straylings
  8. strays
  9. strd
  10. strds
  11. streak

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