friendling

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noun

A little friend; an inferior, petty, or minor cohort

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Meanings

nounfriendling (plural friendlings)

plural friendlings

  1. derogatoryhumorousoftenA little friend; an inferior, petty, or minor cohort

    Had you died before my father in a state of indigence I am sure he would have willingly paid your funeral expenses. Why make things so difficult for your friends or friendlings?

    1971, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill Magazine - Volume 179 - Page 7
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    Trophy in paw, I invest another hour twenty backtracking to find my original spawn-in spot, and reduce Fluffoki and her little friendlings to so much dead flesh, although sorry to say, it being a kids' game, they die in splatters of sparks rather than [...]

    2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland - Page 86

Origin

From friend + -ling.

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APA

friendling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friendling

MLA

“friendling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friendling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “friendling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friendling.

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