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  • noun Plural form of weanling.

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Examples

  • A stallion bows to no one, and is separate, with the weanlings and younger horses also finding their niche.

    Finding the Yoke Easy Belinda 2009

  • When the weanlings came in, I let them all roam in the barn, and eventually Pequeño went into the same stall and corral as they did.

    When Animals Speak Penelope Smith 2009

  • After talking with you, I went right out to the barn to sit with Pequeño llama, “tell” him things, and visualize as best I could the pleasant life he could possibly have with us, being a companion to the weanlings or whatever he liked.

    When Animals Speak Penelope Smith 2009

  • Her father and Benjin, his close friend, were returning from the pastures with a pair of weanlings just as she lugged her saddle into Salty's stall.

    Discovery Showcase - The Dawning of Power Tia Nevitt 2009

  • The Lacu-un servant whose proud duty it was to feed the weanlings arrived with a bowl heaping with their imported food.

    Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999

  • Thus, fermented doughs, such as ogi or ugi (a similar product widely eaten in East Africa), might be liquefied with Power Flour into forms that weanlings can "drink."

    Chapter 26 1996

  • - Commonly found in nursing piglets and weanlings.

    Chapter 15 1994

  • By noon of the sun there were never any left in the campoodie but these or some mother of weanlings, and they sat to keep the ashes warm upon the hearth.

    The Basket Maker 1903

  • By noon of the sun there were never any left in the campoodie but these or some mother of weanlings, and they sat to keep the ashes warm upon the hearth.

    The Land of Little Rain 1903

  • By noon of the sun there were never any left in the campoodie but these or some mother of weanlings, and they sat to keep the ashes warm upon the hearth.

    The Land of Little Rain Mary Hunter Austin 1901

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