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Noun: "(obsolete) a man of short stature"
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- 1641 — Ben Jonson, Timber, or Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter:
- Again, a man so gracious and in high favour with the Emperor, as Augustus often called him his witty manling (for the littleness of his stature), and, if we may trust antiquity, had designed him for a secretary of estate, and invited him to the palace, which he modestly prayed off and refused.
Noun: "(literary) a young man; a boy"
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- 1894 — Rudyard Kipling, "Kaa's Hunting", The Jungle Book:
- "Hah!" said Kaa with a chuckle, "he has friends everywhere, this manling. Stand back, manling. And hide you, O Poison People. I break down the wall."
- 1965 — Frank Herbert, Dune, Berkley (2005), →ISBN, page 68:
- "Before I do your bidding, manling," Mapes said, "I must cleanse the way between us.
- 1991 — Lawrence Watt-Evans, The Blood of a Dragon, Wildside Press (2001), →ISBN, page 185:
- She turned. "Manling," she growled, "you'd be well advised not to draw my attention just now."
- 2000 — Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath, Triangle, Pocket Books (2000), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- However, he could not conceivably win against the faster, stronger young manling.
- 2001 — Adrian Cole, Oblivion Hand, Wildside Press (2001), →ISBN, page 36:
- The manling had climbed above the tunnel and through an invisible hole, while the squealing below had assumed frightful proportions.
- 2002 — John Banville, Shroud, Vintage International (2004), →ISBN, page 222:
- Yes, Bartoli, that puny manling, from somewhere found the nerve to interrupt me.
- 2002 — Alexey Pehov, Shadow Prowler (trans. Alexey Pehov), Tor (2010), →ISBN, page 164:
- "Have you lost your mind, manling?" Vukhdjaaz hissed, grabbing me by the sides of my chest.
- 2007 — Judith Merkle Riley, The Water Devil, Three Rivers Press (2007), →ISBN, page 232:
- But before his yelping can rouse the old woman, she has thrown her black cloak over the dirty little manling and scooped him up like a bundle.
- 2007 — Patrick Rothfuss, Name of the Wind, DAW Books (2007), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- "Hear my words, manling," he hissed. "Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold beneath."
- 2007 — Michael Swanwick, The Dragons of Babel, Tor (2007), →ISBN, page 66:
- "Hang on tight, manling. I'm going to give you the ride of your life."
- 2010 — Tad Williams, Shadowheart, DAW Books (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- "And to you, manling, son of Olin and Meriel — welcome, too. We were told of your coming.
- 2012 — Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Moonblood, Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- "A manling, my king. He crossed the bridge."