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fatling

American

[fat-ling] / ˈfæt lɪŋ /

noun

a young animal, as a calf or a lamb, fattened for slaughter.

fatling British

/ ˈfætlɪŋ /

noun

a young farm animal fattened for killing

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Etymology

Origin of fatling

First recorded in 1520–30; fat + -ling ¹

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fatling

Now the skeeter sings his carols to the dawn, And bewails the early closing of the bar That prevents the little nips he seeks each morn On the sea-shore where the fatling boarders are.

From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by John Kendrick Bangs

The wolf also 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 Five Pebbles from the Brook by George Bethune English

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

Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid and the calf, and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.

From Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. by George MacDonald

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

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