chefling

noun

chefling

noun

Etymology From chef + -ling. Piecewise doublet of chiefling and headling.

1

A young, little, or subordinate chef.

  • […] they see that up & coming cheflings do not scoff at peelings […]1988, Poetry Australia, numbers 117-122, page 65:
  • “Do I ask you?”, she shouts, “what goes on in the kitchen? How do I know you're not buggering your cheflings in the larder?”2008, Rikki Ducornet, Tom Motley, The One Marvelous Thing - Page 83:
1 more example
  • A part-time chef at the Santa Fe School of Cooking and full-time Culinary Arts Director at the Santa Fe Community College, Michelle proudly enjoys educating her “cheflings.”2015, Susan D Curtis, Nicole Curtis Ammerman, Santa Fe School of Cooking:

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