kidlingn.
/ˈkɪdlɪŋ/ 1. A little kid.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > kid
ticchenc950
kidc1175
kiddy1579
kidling1586
yeanlinga1644
goatrel1688
goatling1707
1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iiii v O were thou content..trym kydling flocke with me to driue to the greene fieldes.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 2 Mountaines where the wanton Kidling dallyes.
a1732 J. Gay Acis & Galatea O Nymph..Like kidlings blithe and merry!
1814 R. Southey Roderick xi At yonder door Behold the favourite kidling bleats unheard.
2. slang. A little child; a baby.
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the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]
childOE
baban?c1225
fauntekin1377
infant1382
babea1393
fauntelet1393
babyc1400
lakinc1440
mop1440
chrisomer1574
tenderling1587
chrisom1596
childling1648
flosculet1648
bratling1652
lullaby-cheat1665
strangera1674
child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675
hoppet1695
tot1725
bambino1761
weanie1786
tiny1797
dot1800
trudgeon1814
toddle1825
toddles1828
yearnling1829
dab1833
toddler1837
baba1841
arrival1846
teeny-tiny1849
toddlekins1852
mite1853
trot1854
babelet1856
nestler1866
spoon-child1868
bubby1885
chavvy1886
bub1889
kiddy1889
toddleskin1890
newborn1893
kidlet1899
kidling1899
bubba1906
bundle of joy1924
liddly1929
mammet1932
snork1941
kiddywink1957
sproglet1987
1899 Daily News 11 Feb. 3/7 The poor little kidlings' feet would suffer, I should think.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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