Suckling
['sʌklɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast.
(noun.) a young mammal that has not been weaned.
(noun.) English poet and courtier (1609-1642).
Typed by Hannah--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suckle
(v. t.) A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
(v. t.) A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Infant, babe, baby, nursling, chit, brat, bantling, BAIRN, little child, little one.
Edited by Greg
Examples
- You would be amazed to hear how my brother, Mr. Suckling, sometimes flies about. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You quite shock me; if you mean a fling at the slave-trade, I assure you Mr. Suckling was always rather a friend to the abolition. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Neither Mr. Suckling nor me had ever any patience with them; and we used sometimes to say very cutting things! Jane Austen. Emma.
- I will never forget Romulus suckling the Tiber. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Caroline no more showed such wounding sagacity or reproachful sensitiveness now than she had done when a suckling of three months old. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was sitting by the fire, suckling an infant, whose tiny hand she held against her neck. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The very first subject after being seated was Maple Grove, My brother Mr. Suckling's seat;a comparison of Hartfield to Maple Grove. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Maple Grove will probably be my model more than it ought to befor we do not at all affect to equal my brother, Mr. Suckling, in income. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Except the Sucklings and Bragges, there is not such another nursery establishment, so liberal and elegant, in all Mrs. Elton's acquaintance. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Why should not they explore to Box Hill though the Sucklings did not come? Jane Austen. Emma.
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