whelpling

whelpling

English

Etymology

From whelp +‎ -ling.

Noun

whelpling (plural whelplings)

1. A little whelp.
   • 1907, Frederic William Farrar, Lives of the Fathers:

     " […] 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."

   • 2011, Ani Johnson, Half-Breed:

     "Yes, I did," Evia replied, and then licked the top of the whelpling's head.

   • 2011, Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence:

     […] 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.