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codling

[kod-ling]

cod·ling

1[kod-ling]
noun
1.
British. any of several varieties of elongated apples, used for cooking purposes.
2.
an unripe, half-grown apple.
Also, cod·lin [kod-lin] .


Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English querdling, equivalent to querd (of obscure origin) + -ling -ling1

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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cod·ling

2[kod-ling]
noun
the young of the cod.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see cod1, -ling1
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codling or codlin1 (ˈkɒdlɪŋ, ˈkɒdlɪn)
 
n
1.  any of several varieties of long tapering apples used for cooking
2.  any unripe apple
 
[C15 querdlyng, of uncertain origin]
 
codlin or codlin1
 
n
 
[C15 querdlyng, of uncertain origin]

codling2 (ˈkɒdlɪŋ)
 
n
a codfish, esp a young one

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