Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
darling .
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Examples
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So that the moe she hath, the more she is estemed, as a deinty derling beloued of many.
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So that the moe she hath, the more she is estemed, as a deinty derling beloued of many.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Therefore Ifraell was then the Lordcs fonne that was his derling, other were ftraungers;
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Dent Upsets Seed, TV Coverage Begins at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami derling 6-4, 6-2 to advance.
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Dent Upsets Seed, TV Coverage Begins at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami derling 6-4, 6-2 to advance.
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Long after his death, his influence was still felt; he was the ideal his successors strove to attain to; even after the Norman Conquest he continued to be: "Englene herde, Englene derling." [
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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