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yeorlings

yeorlings is the plural of yeorling.

Meaning of yeorling

Noun

yeorling (plural yeorlings)

  1. (Scotland) The yellowhammer.
    • I asked Thady a minute later what nests he knew of. "Galore," he answered, grinning. And then proceeded to enumerate them : " A lintie (a linnet), a green grosbeak (greenfinch), a Harry redcap (goldfinch), a yellow yeorling by the roadside, a scobby (chaffinch), a lavrock (skylark), a cushie-doo (a...1905, Lady Catherine Henrietta Milnes Gaskell, Spring in a Shropshire Abbey, page 179

Questions about yeorlings

What is yeorlings the plural of?
Yeorlings is the plural of yeorling.

Words near yeorlings in the dictionary

  1. Yeongju
  2. Yeongnam
  3. yeoperson
  4. yeopersons
  5. yeorling
  6. yeorlings
  7. yeoryeong
  8. yeos
  9. Yeosu
  10. yeouch
  11. Yeoval

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