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Webster 1913 Edition


Warling

War′ling

,
Noun.
One often quarreled with; – [GREEK] word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling.
[Obs.]
Better be an old man’s darling than a young man's
warling
.
Camde[GREEK].

Webster 1828 Edition


Warling

WARLING

,
Noun.
One often quarreled with; a word coined perhaps to rhyme with darling. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


warling

warling

English

Noun

warling (plural warlings)

  1. (obsolete) One often quarreled with, as in "It is better to be an old man's darling than a young man's warling."

References

  • warling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913