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codling

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cod·ling 1  (kdlng) also cod·lin (-ln)
n.
1. A greenish elongated English apple used for cooking.
2. A small unripe apple.
[Alteration of Middle English querdlyng, possibly from Anglo-Norman *querdelion, lionheart : Old French cuer, heart; see courage + de, of (from Latin d; see de-) + Old French lion, lion; see lion.]
cod·ling 2  (kdlng)
n. pl. codling or cod·lings
A young cod.
codling1, codlin [ˈkɒdlɪn]
n
1. (Cookery) any of several varieties of long tapering apples used for cooking
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any unripe apple
[C15 querdlyng, of uncertain origin]
codling2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a codfish, esp a young one
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.codling - young codfish
codfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters


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Miss Crow, the daughter of a farmer; John Giddish, himself a farmer; Nan Slouch, Esther Codling, Will Spray, Tom Bennet; the three Misses Potter, whose father keeps the sign of the Red Lion; Betty Chambermaid, Jack Ostler, and many others of inferior note, lay rolling among the graves.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
The Tories bribe, you know: Hawley and his set bribe with treating, hot codlings, and that sort of thing; and they bring the voters drunk to the poll.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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