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strongling
strongling
English
Noun
strongling (plural stronglings)
- One who is strong.
- 1905, Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy:
- The mother was wise: better one strongling than two weaklings.
- 1996, Albert Ellis, Better, Deeper, and More Enduring Brief Therapy:
- But now you're saying-and I'm sure you're right about that-I'm not a 'strongling' for acting strongly any more than I was a weakling for acting weakly.
- 2008, Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights:
- "[...] with the weakling the more to astounding the strongling."
- 1905, Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy: