fairling

noun

fairling

noun

Etymology From fair + -ling?

1

Archaic A fairing; a present brought from a fair.

"And we shan't have a nice new horse, and lots o' golden money to buy fairlings! And Tess won't look pretty in her best cloze no mo-o-ore!"1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:

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