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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

One often quarreled with; – [GREEK] word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling.

[Obs.]

Better be an old man’s darling than a young man's

warling

Camde[GREEK].

Noun.

One often quarreled with; a word coined perhaps to rhyme with darling. [Not in use.]

warling ‎(plural warlings)

(obsolete) One often quarreled with, as in "It is better to be an old man's darling than a young man's warling."