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-ling

  1. small or young (person or thing specified): duckling
  2. one related to a (specified) thing, esp. so as to seem unimportant or contemptible: hireling, earthling

Now Chiefly Dial. in a (specified) manner, condition, or direction; to a (specified) extent: darkling

See -ling in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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