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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(poetic, archaic) A little person or creature engaged in sports or in play..
When again the lambkins play — Pretty sportlings, full of May.
Use sportling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sportling means (poetic, archaic) A little person or creature engaged in sports or in play..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When again the lambkins play — Pretty sportlings, full of May.
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