"lambling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lamblings [plural]
Etymology: From lamb + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|lamb|ling|id2=diminutive}} lamb + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} lambling (plural lamblings)
  1. A young or little lamb. Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Sheep Synonyms: lambkin
    Sense id: en-lambling-en-noun-38Lmt2vl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling (diminutive)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1843, Punch Or The London Charivari - Volume 5 - Page 83",
          "text": "I have seen the lamblings skipping / In sunshine and in mist; […]"
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          "text": "These woolly lamblings were immensely affected by his exhortations, and when he gave out the hymn, there was such a negro chorus about the house as might be heard across the Potomac — such a chorus as would never have been heard […]",
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          "ref": "2007, Hugh B. Urban, Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics and Power in the Study of Religion - Page 115",
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          "text": "So tell me, lamblings, what's gonna keep a big bad supernatural predator from munching down on you succulent little morsels?” he asked, thoroughly creeping me out.",
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