Definitions

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  • noun One who is bound.

Etymologies

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From bound +‎ -ling.

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Examples

  • And we were starting to hook ourselves on to the tail end of the dwindling procession, quite on friendly terms, when to my horror that young English cadlet -- or boundling, which you will -- strolled calmly out in front of us, and said, "How do you do, Sir Lionel Pendragon?

    Set in Silver 1901

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