Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young animal; a whelp or cub.
- noun Specifically, a young cat; a kitten.
- Young; innocent-looking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Scot. A young kitten; a whelp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Any young animal, especially a
kitten .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Feeding your pets, kitling?” said a rough, base voice, and Dougal looked up to see a broad-shouldered charr lurching toward them.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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“Feeding your pets, kitling?” said a rough, base voice, and Dougal looked up to see a broad-shouldered charr lurching toward them.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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“Feeding your pets, kitling?” said a rough, base voice, and Dougal looked up to see a broad-shouldered charr lurching toward them.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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“Feeding your pets, kitling?” said a rough, base voice, and Dougal looked up to see a broad-shouldered charr lurching toward them.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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Evur sinse I wuz a kitling, I has wished I cud be a notter.
Plz for penniez a day - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The very positive kitling has promulgated the idea of a journal entry filled with positive happy good lovely things, bless her.
Good, happy, positive things reynardo 2002
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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.
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German, who coming in winter-time into an inn to sup with him and some other of his friends, the woman of the house being acquainted with his temper (lest he should depart at the sight of a young cat which she kept to breed up), had beforehand hid her kitling in a chest in the same room where we sat at supper.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852 Various 1841
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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.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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Then to Gresham College, and there did see a kitling killed almost quite, but that we could not quite kill her, with such a way; the ayre out of a receiver, wherein she was put, and then the ayre being let in upon her revives her immediately;
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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