hushling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"Had borne her life-companion to the grave; And by her smiled the new-made mother, proud To show her hushling baby to the women, While sage advice was poured into her ears, […]"
"Sleep, hushling, sleep ; Peace, restless one ; Arms for a cradle, My little son !"
"Make haste then, hushling, have a suppliant's care To claim what falls your way compassionate, A beggar's ransom, […]"
"The other crows call her sweetling and hushling, and give her cigarette ends to put in her little bag."

From hush + -ling.

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