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codling
1[ kod-ling ]
noun
- British. any of several varieties of elongated apples, used for cooking purposes.
- an unripe, half-grown apple.
codling
2[ kod-ling ]
noun
- the young of the cod.
codling
1/ ˈkɒdlɪŋ /
noun
- a codfish, esp a young one
codling
2/ ˈkɒdlɪn; ˈkɒdlɪŋ /
noun
- any of several varieties of long tapering apples used for cooking
- any unripe apple
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of codling1
C15 querdlyng, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
The Codling is not the Apple now so called, but is the general name of a young unripe Apple.
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It not only left the eldest girl out in the cold, but made Mrs. Codling's task more dangerous.
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It did not suit him any more than Mrs. Codling that his mother should scent danger in his visits to the vicarage.
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Mrs. Codling's verdict naturally was, that it served the gipsy right, and and her father too.
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How much further Thomas might have gone I know not, but by this time Mrs. Codling had got her voice and charged in turn.
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