surling

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Etymology

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Noun

surling (plural surlings)

  1. (obsolete) A sour, morose fellow.
    • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, , London: G E for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
      And as for theſe ſowr ſurlings, they are to be commended to Sieur Gaulard

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