hushling

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noun

a term of endearment

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Meanings

nounhushling (plural not attested)
  1. no plurala term of endearment

    Sleep, hushling, sleep ; Peace, restless one ; Arms for a cradle, My little son !

    1930, The wild swan
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    Had borne her life-companion to the grave; And by her smiled the new-made mother, proud To show her hushling baby to the women, While sage advice was poured into her ears, […]

    1911, Charles Joseph MacConaghy Phillips, Back Home

    Make haste then, hushling, have a suppliant's care To claim what falls your way compassionate, A beggar's ransom, […]

    1953, Harold Vinal, Voices - Issues 150-155

    The other crows call her sweetling and hushling, and give her cigarette ends to put in her little bag.

    2010, Mike Allen, Marie Brennan, Tori Truslow, Clockwork Phoenix 3

Origin

From hush + -ling.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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