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Definition of Striplings
1. stripling [n] - See also: stripling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Striplings
Literary usage of Striplings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"He spoke ; whose word pleased all; and heralds soon Pour'd water on their hands,
whilst striplings crown'd 220 The bowls with wine, which thence the heralds ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... although in the pages of Plato, even more than in reality, he only "whispers
with a few striplings in a corner." Fur, in the Platonic grouping, ..."
3. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"For not few striplings, not few noble maids, Beating their golden heads, on the
flint stones, Slew themselves, ..."
4. History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourthby William Cobbett by William Cobbett (1834)
"... finding his companions (all striplings like himself) would stand by him to
the last, sent ail answer of utter defiance. The result I give in the words ..."
5. The Public and Private Life of His Late ... Majesty, George the Third by Robert Huish (1821)
"He and his associates, however mature in villany, were but striplings in years.
He was employed to construct an instrument, the form of which was laid ..."
6. Self-formation; Or, The History of an Individual Mind: Intended as a Guide by Capel Lofft (1846)
"Our striplings are sent to chapel that they may be out of the way of mischief;
as if there could be any greater mischief than the stag- nature, ..."
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