suckling

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I did not like being described as a suckling, but every lot has its crumpled rose-leaf, and in all other respects the report of the elders was a triumph.

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  1. noun A young mammal that has not been weaned.
  2. adjective Unweaned.

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  1. Middle English suklinge : souken, suken, to suck; see suck + -ling, one that is young; see -ling1.

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  1. from Middle English sokling, sokeling, sokelynge (= Middle Dutch suygelinck, sooghe-linck, Dutch zuigeling = Middle High German sūgelinc, German säugling), a suckling, from soken, souken, suck, + -ling. Cf. suckle.
 

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/ˈsəklɪŋ/
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