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stripling [ˈstrɪplɪŋ] n
a lad [from strip2 + -ling1] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
stripling noun boy, youth, lad, youngster, adolescent, fledgling, shaver (informal), young fellow, hobbledehoy (archaic) a stripling of 20 Translations stripling n (liter) → Bürschchen nt; (pej also) → Grünschnabel m n stripling [ˈstripliŋ] a boy or youth not yet fully grown. jongeling فَتى младеж výrostek knøs das Bürschchen νεαρός, έφηβος chiquillo, zagal nooruk پسر بچه nuorimies adolescent נַעַר नवयुवक momčić, mladac ifjonc, legény pemuda unglingspiltur adolescente 若者 애송이 paauglys pusaudzis pemuda jongeman unggutt, jypling wyrostek rapaz adolescent юнец výrastok fant momčić pojkvasker วัยรุ่น genç delikanlı 年輕人 юнак, підліток لڑکا thanh niên mới lớn 年轻人 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1-16) I will tell of Dionysus, the son of glorious Semele, how he appeared on a jutting headland by the shore of the fruitless sea, seeming like a stripling in the first flush of manhood: his rich, dark hair was waving about him, and on his strong shoulders he wore a purple robe. She was a brand-new bride, innocent, girlish, happy in herself and her grave and worshiping stripling of a husband; she was about eighteen, just out of school, free from affections, unconscious of that passionless multitude around her; and the very first time she smote that old wreck one recognized that it had met its destiny. I have seen a brawny, fellow, with no lack of ordinary courage, fairly quail before this slender stripling, when in one of his curious fits. |
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