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striplings

striplings is the plural of stripling.

Meaning of stripling

Noun

stripling (plural striplings)

  1. (also, attributive, dated, humorous, sometimes) A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .
    • And the king ſaid, Enquire thou whoſe ſonne the ſtripling is.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 17:56, column 1
  2. A seedling with most of the leaves stripped off.
    • For there upon the narrow new-made road, between the stripling pines, was a mediæval friar, fighting with a barrowful of turfs.1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, “[Our Lady of the Snows.] Father Apollinaris.”, in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 91

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Proper noun capitalized: Striplings

Striplings

  1. (plural) plural of Stripling

Questions about striplings

What is striplings the plural of?
Striplings is the plural of stripling.
What part of speech is striplings?
Striplings is a proper noun.

Words near striplings in the dictionary

  1. striplike
  2. Striplin
  3. stripline
  4. striplines
  5. stripling
  6. striplings
  7. Striplins
  8. striploin
  9. striploins
  10. stripmall
  11. stripogram

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