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noundeadling (plural deadlings)
plural deadlings
- nonce worduncommonSomebody designed to die.
The teenager stared down the barrel of Petr's gun for a few seconds, then asked hesitantly, “What kind of questions?” “Something's going on,” Petr began. The pimply deadling shrugged. “This is Brno, there's always something going on.”
2023, Kristýna Sněgoňová, “The Dragon of Brno”, in Jakub Mařík, transl., edited by Jakub Mařík and Martin Fajkus, Monster Hunter Fantom. A Monster Hunter Anthology, Baen Books, published 10 May 2024, →ISBN, unnumbered page
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APA
deadling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadling
MLA
“deadling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deadling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadling.
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