chargelingn.
/ˈtʃɑːdʒlɪŋ/ rare.
A young charge. (attributive in quot. 1859).
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1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. xv. 217 At this period Jesuits stamp the future of their chargeling flocks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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