• Starveling

    Origin

    starve + -ling

    Full definition of starveling

    Noun

    starveling

    (plural starvelings)
    1. One who is thin from lack of food.
      • 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV Part I, act 2, sc. 1: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.

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