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Suck⋅ling

  [suhk-ling]
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–noun
Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
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Suck·ling   (sŭk'lĭng)   
English poet and courtier whose witty, unaffected works include Session of the Poets and Aglaura (both 1637).
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suckling 
c.1440, "an infant at the breast," from suck + dim. suffix -ling. Cf. M.Du. sogeling, Du. zuigeling, Ger. Säugling. Meaning "act of breast-feeding" is attested from 1799.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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