fatling
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fatling
Example Sentences
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They accompanied themselves with castanets, and, though the little fatling toed in and wore a common dress of blue-striped gingham, I am afraid she won our hearts from her graceful rival.
From Familiar Spanish Travels by William Dean Howells
The fatling which is the 'head-raiser' of mankind— He has given the fatling for his life.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
"And the wolf dwelleth with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf, and, the lion and the fatling together, and a little child leads them."
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them....
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard ... with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them....
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by J. E. (John Ebenezer) Esslemont
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