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calfling

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Calfling (noun) means a young or small calf.

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A young or small calf.
"His enemy. And if the man had hated his family before, this was going to make things worse. She looked over. Caught his gaze and smiled. 'It tastes lovely.' Hellfire and brimstone, he'd been staring like some besotted calfling." — Ann Lethbridge, The Laird's Forbidden Lady - Page 136 (2012)
"It was beautiful—the silver moon shone on the calfling while Dark- Eye licked her and I rubbed her with grass, and everything was shiny." — Donna Fletcher Crow, Glastonbury: The Novel of Christian England - Page 537 (2000)
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Etymology

Formed from calf and -ling.

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"calfling" (noun) means a young or small calf.
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