Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stripling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stripling \Strip"ling\, n. [Dim. of strip; as if a small strip
from the main stock or steam.]
A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from
boyhood to manhood; a lad.
Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. --1 Sam. xvii.
56.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stripling
n : a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn: {adolescent},
{teenager}]
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