Horseling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young or little horse; foal; pony.

    "Two of these that she was about to chase and fondle, were not aristocratic horselings, they were but the rough and sturdy children of rough and sturdy dams and sires ; born to the plough, and the heavy waggon, [...]"

Example

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"Two of these that she was about to chase and fondle, were not aristocratic horselings, they were but the rough and sturdy children of rough and sturdy dams and sires ; born to the plough, and the heavy waggon, [...]"

Etymology

From horse + -ling.

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