Petling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Petling is a noun meaning term of affection or endearment; darling.
Meaning
term of affection or endearment; darling.
Example Sentences
If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail Will sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow, And Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale; […] While evermore the petlings, with sad brow, Will look for thee upon the holly bough […]
The cause of his summary dethronement was, that Ma Betty, meaning it in affection, had called him her “heavenly petling." Jofiie objected, on the ground that, whatever she meant, “ heavenly petling” was in Monkeyish a term of insult.
Word Forms
- petlings
Related Words
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