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weanels

weanels is the plural of weanel.

Meaning of weanel

Noun

weanel (plural weanels)

  1. (obsolete) A weanling.
    • 16thC, Edmund Spenser, The Shepherd′s Calendar: September, 1862, George Gilfillan, Charles Cowden Clarke (editors), The Poetical Works Of Edmund Spenser, Volume 4, page 278,
      A lamb, or a kid, or a weanel wast; / With that to the wood would he speed him fast.

Questions about weanels

What is weanels the plural of?
Weanels is the plural of weanel.

Words near weanels in the dictionary

  1. weanable
  2. weaned
  3. weaned off
  4. weanedness
  5. weanel
  6. weanels
  7. weaner
  8. weaners
  9. weanest
  10. weaneth
  11. weaning

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