kitling
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of kitling
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English kiteling, from Old Norse ketlingr; see origin at cat, -ling 1
Example Sentences
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If they will mix malice in their sports, I shall never consent to throw them any living, sentient creature whatsoever, no, not so much as a kitling, to torment.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
"His kitling eyes begin to run Quite through the table where he spies The horns of paperie butterflys."
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison
O. N. e becomes i in lirk, kitling, and before ng in ding, flingin, hing, and also in skrip, styddy.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
Holt, who came in like a white kitling.
From The Discovery of Witches by Hopkins, Matthew
The kitling Crue of Cryers that do stand With Eunuchs voices, squeaking on each hand, Do signifie no more, compar'd to him, Then Member Allen did to Patriot Pim.
From The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by Parker, William Riley
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