townlings
townlings is the plural of townling.
Meaning of townling
Noun (1)
townling (plural townlings)
- An inhabitant of a town.
- There ſhe Prudes it ſo demurely, / And ſo well diſplays her Charms, / That ſome Townling, moſt ſecurely , / She allures into her Arms.1738, Henry Carey, Margery; or, A Worſe Plague Than the Dragon, Act I, scene III: Moore-Hall, page 12
Noun (2)
townling (plural townlings)
- A small or insignificant town; a townlet
- Some perturbed spirits in that little townling are in distress at the agitation awakened and widely spreading on the Woman question. The editor of the Village News comforts them by the assurance that Mount Vernon is no more prepared for the radical measure of female suffrage than other towns.1868 October 29, “Mount Vernon Again”, in The Revolution, volume II, number 17, page 257
Questions about townlings
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- Townlings is the plural of townling.
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