Whiting-mop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whiting-mop is a noun meaning A young whiting.
Meaning
A young whiting.
More Meanings
- A pretty girl; a young or innocent woman.
Example Sentences
Chartley. Fear not, girl. Though I revel abroad o' days, I'll be with thee to bring o' nights, my little whiting mop.
The mightiest Whales are but his Play-fellows: Sharks are bis best Familiars, but (the more His grief) his pretty Whiting Mop's on shore.
Camillo. If 'twere a fish-day, though you like it not, I could say I have a stomach, and would content myself With this pretty whiting-mop.
Bustopha. [Reading.] The thund'ring seas whose wat'ry fire Washes the whiting-mops, The gentle whale, whose feet so fell Flies o'er the mountains' tops—
Word Forms
- whiting-mops
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whitling, whiting, whitebait, whelker, whaleling, whitebaiter.
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