drakeling

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drakeling

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From drake + -ling.

noun drakelings

A young drake (male duck). Good night, darling; take that kiss to your respected mother, and tell her with my compliments that we can’t afford to make ducks and drakes of the romance of our little pet’s life: she will hatch those birds for herself in due time, and remain cluck-clucking, wisely, but sadly, like a perplexed old
Similar: drakelet

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@misc{drakeling_2026,
  title = {drakeling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drakeling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}