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English
Etymology
From Middle English bretheling.
Noun
bretheling (plural brethelings)
- (archaic) Wretch; worthless person.
1838, William Barclay Turnbull, Sir Beves of Hamtoun: A Metrical Romance, page 81:The palmer rod forth ase a king, And Beues wente alse a bretheling.
1941, Best One-Act Plays, page 190:Ensured — what — what — do you play the bretheling in our house?
1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, page 380:Marck was relieved last month, lordling, and that bretheling Count of St Pol given such a buffet as he will not speedily forget.
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Middle English
Etymology
From brethel (“wretch”, from Old English *brēoþel (“degenerative, corruptive”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *breuþaną (“to fall apart, crumble”)) + -ing. See brothel for more.
Noun
bretheling (plural brethelings)
- bretheling (wretch; worthless person)
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