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Definition of Oaklings
1. oakling [n] - See also: oakling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oaklings
Literary usage of Oaklings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1829)
"And if, of future time, we draw the curtain, Concealing various fortune, Thou
wilt perceive thy willow-sprig, Among thy father's oaklings mighty big; ..."
2. Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third by Alfred John Horwood, Luke Owen Pike (1908)
"And, moreover, as to the felling of eight score oaklings, the value of which was
... and particularly since it must be supposed that these oaklings were ..."
3. The Rural Economy of Yorkshire: Comprizing the Management of Landed Estates by Marshall (William), Marshall (1788)
"But oaklings ... that oaklings which rife naturally in thickets generally make
tall vigorous trees. ..."
4. The Novelist's Magazine (1784)
"... ilic heads of two or three oaklings j and that was foon wet through. Why did
he not flame out in his letter?—Treated as I am treated by my friends, ..."
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