shaveling

American  

[sheyv-ling] / ˈʃeɪv lɪŋ /

noun

1. Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.

2. a young fellow; youngster.

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shaveling British  

/ ˈʃeɪvlɪŋ /

noun

1. derogatory a priest or clergyman with a shaven head

2. a young fellow; youth

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Etymology

Origin of shaveling

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

Example Sentences

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shaveling

He would not use my nostrums—   p. 225See, shaveling, here they are!

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle

Well, shaveling," said he, "thou hast said thy prayers, I perceive.

From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling

We will take you on horseback, and when we have caught the shaveling we will make merry together out of the ducat.

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Wilhelmine von Hillern

Ay, so it is: if she have any ill, Through the lewd shaveling will her shame be wrought.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt

And then to the lady on my right—"Forgive, Valeria," he begged, "the scurvy chance that should have sat a shaveling next to you."

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Rafael Sabatini