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Shaveling

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Shave´ling
n.1.A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; - used in contempt.
I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back.
- Sir W. Scott.
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``Clerk me no Clerks,'' replied the transformed priest; ``by Saint George and the Dragon, I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back---When I am cased in my green cassock, I will drink, swear, and woo a lass, with any blithe forester in the West Riding.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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