Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little frog.

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  • noun a young or little frog

Etymologies

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From frog +‎ -ling.

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Examples

  • Cadfael had it on his conscience afterwards that it might well have been his neighbourly attentions that caused his companion to lay down his sickle under the tree, and forget to pick it up again when his youngest son, a frogling knee-high, came hopping to call his father to his midday bread and ale.

    The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

  • Cadfael had it on his conscience afterwards that it might well have been his neighbourly attentions that caused his companion to lay down his sickle under the tree, and forget to pick it up again when his youngest son, a frogling knee-high, came hopping to call his father to his midday bread and ale.

    The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

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