doglingn.
/ˈdɒɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡlɪŋ/, /ˈdɑɡlɪŋ/ A little dog; a young dog, puppy.Used punningly in quot. 2005, after duckling.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > puppy
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > large or small
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1830 M. R. Mitford in Royal Lady's Mag. (1831) 1 205/2 With the cat's milk these little doglings imbibed also the cat's habits.
a1895 E. Field Little Bk. Tribune Verse (1901) 156 See how the dogling of today Writhes,..And hark unto his yelp of woe.
2005 Daily Record (Nexis) 30 Apr. 6 An orphaned duckling has been adopted by a Doberman dog... Now the duckling thinks he's a dogling and cuddles up to the huge canine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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