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lostling|ˈlɒstlɪŋ, -ɔː-|
[f. lost ppl. a., after foundling.]
A person or thing lost.
1872Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 197 The great ‘lost river’ which bursts out of the vertical side of the cañon of the Snake—a torrent from the solid rock; a foundling rather than a lostling. 1898C. Benham Fourth Napoleon 24 Evidently she spent her existence on the look-out for the lostling. |