† whimlingn.
Obsolete.
A miserable or insignificant creature.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible
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1616 B. Jonson Love Restored 111 in Wks. I Before I could procure my properties, alarum came, that some of the Whimlen's had too much.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe iv. vii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Oo4/2 Go whimling, and fetch two or three grating loaves out of the kitching.
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