sparrowling
nounEtymology From sparrow + -ling.
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A small, young, or immature sparrow.
- The poor sparrowling struggled bravely, but every attempt ended in failure [...]1885, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 55, page 491:
- Here was a saintsend of young girls and a bucket of boisterous boys as full of life as sparrowlings in summer[.]1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 89:
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- “Hallo,” Rossamünd said softly, “has the Sparrowling sent you?” The sparrow chirruped loudly. Was that a reply? The tiny bird chirped again and shot away, Rossamünd losing sight of it in the thick foliage.2010, D.M. Cornish, The Foundling's Tale, Part Two: