Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young dove; a dovelet.
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- noun A young or baby
dove .
Etymologies
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From dove + -ling.
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Examples
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(I will be thy mother, my angel, my sweet; -- I will be thy little mother, my doveling.)
Chita: a Memory of Last Island Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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So saying, he went up to the Princess and laying his hand upon her bosom, found her heart fluttering like a doveling and the life yet hanging to her breast. [
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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