Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who cringes; a fawner; a sycophant; a shrinking coward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who cringes meanly; a fawner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
cringes andfawns ; asubmissive toady .
Etymologies
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cringe + -ling
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Examples
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"The poor cringeling is but a grocer," said I, as we turned in under the archway of the "Rising Sun."
The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
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