kingling

noun

kingling

noun

Etymology From king + -ling.

1

A kinglet; a petty king or ruler.

Yet my needs are the same as the kingling's whose name is a terror to thousands: some bread, Some water and milk,—I can do without silk,—some wool, and a roof for my head.1890, John Boyle O'Reilly, In Bohemia:

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