"petling" meaning in English

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          "text": "If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail\nWill sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow,\nAnd Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale; […]\nWhile evermore the petlings, with sad brow,\nWill look for thee upon the holly bough […]",
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          "text": "The cause of his summary dethronement was, that Ma Betty, meaning it in affection, had called him her “heavenly petling.\" Jofiie objected, on the ground that, whatever she meant, “ heavenly petling” was in Monkeyish a term of insult.",
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        "term of affection or endearment; darling."
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