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gnatling|ˈnætlɪŋ|
[See -ling.]
A small gnat. Also fig., an insignificant person or thing.
1614Sylvester Tobacco battered 198 They Who swallow Camels, swallow Gnatlings may. 1761Churchill Rosciad Poems I. 24 If some man..Should dare attack these gnatlings in their nest; At once they rise..Whet their small stings, and buzz about the stage. 1805Fessenden Democr. Unveild v. 156 Lest the reader think the topic..too microscopic We'll..show Our gnat-ling in a note below. |