Meanings
nounsportling (plural sportlings)
plural sportlings
- archaicpoeticA little person or creature engaged in sports or in play.
When again the lambkins play — Pretty sportlings, full of May.
1748, Ambrose Philips, Ode To the Honourable Miss Carteret
Origin
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APA
sportling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportling
MLA
“sportling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportling. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportling.
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