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shaveling definition

shave·ling (s̸hāv′liŋ)

noun

  1. Now Rare a priest or monk with a tonsured head: used contemptuously
  2. a youth; stripling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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