Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young or small lamb; hence, a stupidly or ignorantly innocent person.
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- noun A young or little
lamb .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Dissenting pastor moaned over his stray lambling — if such a little, wily, mischievous monster could be called a lamb at all.
The Virginians 2006
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The sheep bolted, and when I whistled Rob he came bounding towards us with the lambling running by his side.
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Katherine Mary Barrow
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The Dissenting pastor moaned over his stray lambling -- if such a little, wily, mischievous monster could be called a lamb at all.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Gourdon, “the butcher will never strike down yonder lambling!
Burlesques 2006
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Gourdon, “the butcher will never strike down yonder lambling!
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"Now, by St. Barbacue of Limoges," said Bertrand de Gourdon, "the butcher will never strike down yonder lambling!
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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