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whelpie en · NOUN

Etymology

From whelp + -ie.

Meanings

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

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