SPERLING

Etymology

Noun

sperling (plural sperlings)

(UK, dialect) A smelt; a sparling.

(US, dialect) A young herring.

Anagrams

• Pringles, SLERPing, pinglers, plingers, pringles, slerping, springle

Source: Wiktionary


Sper"ling, n. Etym: [See Sparling.] (Zoöl.) (a) A smelt; a sparling. [Prov. Eng.] (b) A young herring. [Local, U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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