What does starveling mean?
Starveling means One who is thin from lack of food..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who is thin from lack of food..
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.
The lean, drawn starvelings in their dream-stupefied state were jealous of my well filled out, prosperous form.
As for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, their blackened rags hanging on them[…]
[A] few meetings in the cape-broom, a starveling allowance of kisses in a very ill-advised publicity.
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Starveling means One who is thin from lack of food..
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If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.
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