warling

English

Etymology

From war +‎ -ling.

Noun

warling (plural warlings)

  1. (obsolete) One often quarreled with.
    • 1546, John Heywood, chapter VII, in Julian Sharman, editor, The Proverbs of John Heywood. […], London: George Bell and Sons, […], published 1874, →OCLC, part II, page 138:
      [I]t is better to be / An old mans derling than a yong mans werling.
      The spelling has been modernized.

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