Giftling
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A little gift.
"You young ladies, may you have plucked pretty giftlings from it; and out of the cracker sugar-plum which you have split with the captain or the sweet young curate may you have read one of those delicious conundrums which the confectioners introduce into the sweetmeats […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"You young ladies, may you have plucked pretty giftlings from it; and out of the cracker sugar-plum which you have split with the captain or the sweet young curate may you have read one of those delicious conundrums which the confectioners introduce into the sweetmeats […]"
Etymology
From gift + -ling.
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