Pawling

name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pawl form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. 2
    A town and village therein, in Dutchess County, New York, United States.

Synonyms

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Etymology

A variant of Paulin. In New York State, the name originated as a misprint of Pauling, which was never corrected.

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