shaveling

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Noun
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shave=ling

CIDE DICTIONARY

shaveling, n. 
     A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt.  [1913 Webster]
    "I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

shaveling, n. archaic 1 a shaven person.
2 a monk, friar, or priest.


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