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hushling en · NOUN

Etymology

From hush + -ling.

Meanings

  1. (no-plural) a term of endearment
    • The other crows call her sweetling and hushling, and give her cigarette ends to put in her little bag. 2010, Mike Allen, Marie Brennan, Tori Truslow, Clockwork Phoenix 3:
    • Had borne her life-companion to the grave; And by her smiled the new-made mother, proud To show her hushling baby to the women, While sage advice was poured into her ears, […] 1911, Charles Joseph MacConaghy Phillips, Back Home:
    • Make haste then, hushling, have a suppliant's care To claim what falls your way compassionate, A beggar's ransom, […] 1953, Harold Vinal, Voices - Issues 150-155:
    • Sleep, hushling, sleep ; Peace, restless one ; Arms for a cradle, My little son ! 1930, The wild swan: