"whelpling" meaning in All languages combined

See whelpling on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: whelplings [plural]
Etymology: From whelp + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whelp|ling}} whelp + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} whelpling (plural whelplings)
  1. A little whelp.
    Sense id: en-whelpling-en-noun-8L6WVbsL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1907, Frederic William Farrar, Lives of the Fathers",
          "text": "[…] For that whelpling Diogenes sought to find a man, carrying round his lamp at midday; but Marcion, having quenched the light of faith, has lost the God whom he had found.",
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          "text": "\"Yes, I did,\" Evia replied, and then licked the top of the whelpling's head.",
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          "ref": "2011, Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence",
          "text": "[…] to share space with his dog, whom the attendant explained he'd rescued from the road and taken in, likely, according to the corny script I'd begun playing in, so I'd understand I was truly a stray, a whelpling, a pup.",
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