shaveling

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shaveling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shaveling \Shave"ling\, n.
     A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in
     contempt.
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           I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my
           back.                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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