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surlings

surlings is the plural of surling.

Meaning of surling

Noun

surling (plural surlings)

  1. (obsolete) A sour, morose fellow.
    • And as for theſe ſowr ſurlings, they are to be commended to Sieur Gaulard1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC

Questions about surlings

What is surlings the plural of?
Surlings is the plural of surling.

Words near surlings in the dictionary

  1. surliest
  2. surlily
  3. surliness
  4. surlinesses
  5. surling
  6. surlings
  7. surloin
  8. surloins
  9. Surls
  10. surly
  11. surma

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