STRIPLING


Meaning of STRIPLING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ strɪplɪŋ ]

( striplings)

People sometimes refer to a young man as a stripling when they want to indicate in a slightly humorous way that although he is no longer a boy, he is not yet really a man. ( OLD-FASHIONED )

...a stripling of 20.

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