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strip⋅ling

[strip-ling]
–noun
a youth.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see strip 2 , -ling 1
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strip·ling   (strĭp'lĭng)   
n.  An adolescent youth.

[Middle English, possibly from strip, strip; see strip2.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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