starveling
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1STARVELING + NOUN
allowance, rebels
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noun
One who is thin from lack of food.
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.
As for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, their blackened rags hanging on them[…]
adj
Starving; suffering from starvation.
Meagre; scanty.
[A] few meetings in the cape-broom, a starveling allowance of kisses in a very ill-advised publicity.
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3If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.
WiktionaryAs for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, their blackened rags hanging on them[…]
Wiktionary[A] few meetings in the cape-broom, a starveling allowance of kisses in a very ill-advised publicity.
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