Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young or small wolf.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little or young wolf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A young or small
wolf .
Etymologies
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wolf + -kin
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Examples
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Yes, this wolfkin will grow up lean and ugly-looking, like any wolf.
John of the Woods Abbie Farwell Brown 1899
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Kite and kestrel, wolf and wolfkin, from the wilderness, wallow in it,
Enoch Arden & c. 1863
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