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kidling|ˈkɪdlɪŋ|
[f. kid n.1 + -ling. Cf. ON. kiðlingr, Norw. and Sw. kidling.]
1. A little kid.
1586Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 78 O were thou content..trym kydling flocke with me to driue to the greene fieldes. 1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i, Mountaines where the wanton Kidling dallies. a1732Gay Acis & Galatea, O Nymph..Like kidlings blithe and merry! 1814Southey Roderick xi, At yonder door Behold the favourite kidling bleats unheard.
2. slang. A little child; a baby.
1899Daily News 11 Feb. 3/7 The poor little kidlings' feet would suffer, I should think. |