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  • noun A small, young, or immature hawk.

Etymologies

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From hawk +‎ -ling.

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Examples

  • The problem was that the hawkling was holding the book upside down.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • The problem was that the hawkling was holding the book upside down.

    Swing And A Miss: The Progressives Don’t Get It « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • The problem was that the hawkling was holding the book upside down.

    2009 April 22 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • *Ms. Stephenson seems to be early flyer of a hawkling, so maybe her apparent dismissal of the seriousness of the prisoner torture issue is a consequence of her naivety and early seduction by defence and security types on both sides of the 49th.

    CBC and expert hacks... Boris 2009

  • *Ms. Stephenson seems to be early flyer of a hawkling, so maybe her apparent dismissal of the seriousness of the prisoner torture issue is a consequence of her naivety and early seduction by defence and security types on both sides of the 49th.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Alison 2009

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