chefling

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noun

A young, little, or subordinate chef.

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Meanings

nounchefling (plural cheflings)

plural cheflings

  1. A young, little, or subordinate chef.

    […] they see that up & coming cheflings do not scoff at peelings […]

    1988, Poetry Australia, numbers 117-122, page 65
    2 more examples

    “Do I ask you?”, she shouts, “what goes on in the kitchen? How do I know you're not buggering your cheflings in the larder?”

    2008, Rikki Ducornet, Tom Motley, The One Marvelous Thing - Page 83

    A part-time chef at the Santa Fe School of Cooking and full-time Culinary Arts Director at the Santa Fe Community College, Michelle proudly enjoys educating her “cheflings.”

    2015, Susan D Curtis, Nicole Curtis Ammerman, Santa Fe School of Cooking

Origin

From chef + -ling. Piecewise doublet of chiefling and headling.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

felching
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APA

chefling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chefling

MLA

“chefling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chefling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chefling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chefling.

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