whelpling

noun

whelpling

noun

Etymology From whelp + -ling.

1

A little whelp.

"[…] For that whelpling Diogenes sought to find a man, carrying round his lamp at midday; but Marcion, having quenched the light of faith, has lost the God whom he had found."1907, Frederic William Farrar, Lives of the Fathers:
"Yes, I did," Evia replied, and then licked the top of the whelpling's head.2011, Ani Johnson, Half-Breed:

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[…] to share space with his dog, whom the attendant explained he'd rescued from the road and taken in, likely, according to the corny script I'd begun playing in, so I'd understand I was truly a stray, a whelpling, a pup.2011, Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence:

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