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stripling definition

strip·ling (strip′liŋ)

noun

a grown boy; youth passing into manhood

Etymology: ME strypling, lit., one slim as a strip

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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