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newling

newling

English

Noun

newling ‎(plural newlings)

One who is new (to something); a newcomer; a novice; a newbie.
- 1879, Henry Mayhew, The boyhood of Martin Luther:
  "[...] Seest thou not by the stripling's face that he be a newling (newcomer) in the town."
- 2006, Michele Hauf, Rhiana:
  “A newling!” Fascinated, but wary not to stand and reach for it, Rhiana kept her ears pricked—and heard another. A newling and its elder protector.
- 2012, Elle Jasper, Eventide: The Dark Ink Chronicles:
  Unlike a newling, I have to have air to breathe, and this idiot is squeezing so hard I can barely draw in a breath.