houndling

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noun

A small or young hound.

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Meanings

nounhoundling (plural houndlings)

plural houndlings

  1. A small or young hound.

    Kidlings thus, and the goats I beheld, and the hound and the houndling, Alike in the make: wonder were not the greater and small I compar'd, Vainly, for Rome, magnificent Rome!

    1840, The Gentleman's magazine, volume 169, page 406

Origin

From hound + -ling.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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