-ling

small

Usage

  • fledgling

    A fledgling business endeavor is just beginning or developing.

  • duckling

    flesh of a young domestic duck

  • gosling

    young goose

  • princeling

    a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality

  • stripling

    a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

  • underling

    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

  • witling

    A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.

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