Ghostling

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small, young, diminutive, or inferior ghost.

    "“That's why I brought you here,” whispered the ghostling next to me. We floated over to a corner. “She ain't leaving her body,” he said."

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"“That's why I brought you here,” whispered the ghostling next to me. We floated over to a corner. “She ain't leaving her body,” he said."

Etymology

From ghost + -ling.

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