Giftling

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 […]"

Example

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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