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sapling

[sap-ling] Origin

sap·ling

[sap-ling]
noun
1.
a young tree.
2.
a young person.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English; see sap1, -ling1
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Sapling is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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sapling (ˈsæplɪŋ)
 
n
1.  a young tree
2.  literary a youth

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sapling
1415, from sap (n.1) + dim. suffix -ling. This is probably the source of Amer.Eng. slang sap "club, short staff" (1899) and the verb sap "to hit (someone) with a sap" (1926).
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