"witling" meaning in English

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          "text": "I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]",
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        "A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty."
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          "ref": "1955, Rex Stout, Immune to Murder:",
          "text": "\"...only a witling would call a man with my conceit a liar.\"",
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