"weirdling" meaning in English

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          "text": "“And these weirdlings, who are they?” she asked, with as much of a sneer as her trembling lips allowed.",
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          "ref": "2006, Gregory Rabassa, If This Be Treason:",
          "text": "The oddballs of Hopscotch here become true weirdlings.",
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          "ref": "2007, Brian Lumley, The House of Cthulhu:",
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          "word": "bizarro"
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