stripling

  • 11stripling — /ˈstrɪplɪŋ / (say stripling) noun a youth just passing from boyhood to manhood. {strip2 + ling1} …

  • 12stripling —    A word in use by the thirteenth century, referring to a slender young man, one passing from boyhood to manhood. The word is not in frequent use, but is found occasionally as a vocative in earlier literature, e.g. ‘pretty stripling’, addressed… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 13Stripling Brothers — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Old Time Music Gründung 1918 Auflösung 1936 …

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  • 14stripling — noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century youth 2a …

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  • 15stripling — /strip ling/, n. a youth. [1350 1400; ME; see STRIP2, LING1] * * * …

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  • 16stripling — Synonyms and related words: Young Turk, adolescent, arriviste, baby, boy, bright young man, comer, fledgling, hobbledehoy, hopeful, infant, junior, juvenal, juvenile, lad, laddie, minor, modern, modern generation, modern man, modernist,… …

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  • 17stripling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lad, boy, teenager, youth. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fledgling, youngster, minor; see youth 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. sprig, youth, adolescent, young man, lad …

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  • 18stripling — strip|ling [ˈstrıplıŋ] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from STRIP2 + ling; from the idea of being thin] old fashioned a boy who is almost a young man sometimes used humorously about a man who is quite old = ↑youth …

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  • 19stripling — strip|ling [ strıplıŋ ] noun count MAINLY LITERARY a young man who is not yet an adult …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20stripling — strip·ling || strɪplɪŋ n. youth, young man …

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