"giftling" meaning in All languages combined

See giftling on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: giftlings [plural]
Etymology: From gift + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gift|ling}} gift + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} giftling (plural giftlings)
  1. A little gift. Synonyms: giftlet

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers:",
          "text": "You young ladies, may you have plucked pretty giftlings from it; and out of the cracker sugar-plum which you have split with the captain or the sweet young curate may you have read one of those delicious conundrums which the confectioners introduce into the sweetmeats […]",
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