whelpie
English
Etymology
From whelp + -ie.
Noun
whelpie (plural whelpies)
- A small whelp, especially a little cub or puppy; a cur.
- 1802, William Meston, The Poetical Works of the Ingenious and Learned William Meston, page 37:
- Familiars, brownies, water-kelpies,
And all the other hellish whelpies; […]
- 1888, Wide Awake, volume 26, page 42:
- I begged the sailors, at least, not to tease the whelpies any more for that day.
- 1910, Walter Seymour, Ups and Downs of a Wandering Life, page 180:
- Not that I mean any disrespect to Almighty God, but just to cheat the whelpies!