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cageling in British English (ˈkeɪdʒlɪŋ) nouna bird kept in a cage cageling in American English (ˈkeɪdʒlɪŋ) cageling in American English (ˈkeidʒlɪŋ) nouna bird that is kept in a cage Word origin [1855–60; cage + -ling1]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, output, pickup, pipeline, superheat-ling is a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with (hireling; underling), or diminutive (princeling; duckling) |