Antonyms for stripling
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : strip-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstrɪp lɪŋ |
Definition of stripling
Origin :- "a youth," late 14c., possibly from strip (n.) "long, narrow piece," on the notion of "one who is slender as a strip, whose figure is not yet filled out."
- noun youngster
- Why is it that Bacchus is always a stripling, and bushy-haired?
- Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
- So, stripling as he was, the lad faced the rascals with the courage of a lion.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- He was flat and slim in the waist as any stripling might have been.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- Was this stripling of newfound liberty to possess the very earth?
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- Then it was Ugh-lomi, the stripling, proved himself to have come to man's estate.
- Extract from : « Tales of Space and Time » by Herbert George Wells
- A volunteer of the first-class, and a general epithet for a stripling in the service.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- How could this stripling have learned what he had taken such pains to conceal?
- Extract from : « Tom, The Bootblack » by Horatio Alger
- Why, sir, in our taking this English stripling along with us on the morrow?
- Extract from : « The King's Esquires » by George Manville Fenn
- I cared not much for that, for surely I was a match for the stripling we meant to chase.
- Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
- He is a stripling; and says he has urgent business to communicate to you alone.
- Extract from : « The Hot Swamp » by R.M. Ballantyne
Synonyms for stripling
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