fawnling en · NOUN
Etymology
From fawn + -ling.
Meanings
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A small, young, or baby fawn.
Slay not that my musk-deer fawnling, Hunter! Prithee, have thou shame Of her night-black eye nor bind her With thy lasso long and strait.
2012, John Payne Hafiz, The Collected Poems of Hafiz:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fawnlings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |