shaveling
Americannoun
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Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
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a young fellow; youngster.
noun
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derogatory a priest or clergyman with a shaven head
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a young fellow; youth
Etymology
Origin of shaveling
Example Sentences
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What if Count Hannibal were behind, were even now mounting the stairs, prepared to force her to a marriage before this shaveling?
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
Well, shaveling," said he, "thou hast said thy prayers, I perceive.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
He would not use my nostrums— p. 225See, shaveling, here they are!
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard
I don't care what a shaveling says: so I mean just to go and wish, and I won't sacrifice anything.
From The Gold Of Fairnilee by Lang, Andrew
Let me endure the extremity of your anger, my lord," said Giles, "if this be not a real shaveling.
From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir
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