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cringeling rare.|ˈkrɪndʒlɪŋ| [f. cringe v. + -ling.] A cringing creature. Also attrib.
a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxvi. 216 Cringeling cock. 1798W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 219 Their monument [must] no tyrant's cringeling rear. 1807― Ann. Rev. V. 569 Among those cringelings who have assisted sovereigns to extend their power. |