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cageling

American

[kayj-ling] / ˈkeɪdʒ lɪŋ /

noun

a bird that is kept in a cage.

cageling British

/ ˈkeɪdʒlɪŋ /

noun

a bird kept in a cage

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Etymology

Origin of cageling

First recorded in 1855–60; cage + -ling ¹

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His bed Is not of thy making, nor mine, but his Who hath thee here a cageling, thy Paris.

From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Maurice Henry Hewlett

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