fosterling
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fosterling
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fōstorling. See foster, -ling 1
Example Sentences
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"Your father listened, I have no doubt. But in the end, he decided for himself. Bran, will you let me tell you about a dream Jojen dreamed of you and your fosterling brothers?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
And it is a pity for you, sweet daring Bran," he said, "fosterling of Fergus of the thirty woods and plains, that you did not do something worth praise before killing your own foster-brother.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Gregory, Lady
Such words shall my ghost see the chronicler writing In the days that shall be:—ah—what wouldst thou, my fosterling?
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William
Thursday morning, being about to make her summer exodus, she cheerfully transferred her fosterling to me.
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee
Shivering in her dressing-gown she went down to our unhappy fosterling, who lay stiff and straight, with head thrust forward and legs stretched back, apparently in articulo mortis.
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee
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