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ˈmanling rare.
[-ling1.]
A little man.
a1637B. Jonson Discov., Cens. Scal. in Lil. Germ., Augustus often called him his wittie Manling (for the littlenes of his stature). 17..Fashion 65 in Dodsley Coll. Poems (1755) III. 276 'Tis meaner (cries the manling) to command A conquering host..Than furl fair Flavia's fan, or lead a dance. 1895Kipling 2nd Jungle Bk. 184 A Manling with a knife threw stones at my head. 1922A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom 276 Her baby boy, her tiny manling. |