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codling

1

[ kod-ling ]

noun

  1. British. any of several varieties of elongated apples, used for cooking purposes.
  2. an unripe, half-grown apple.


codling

2

[ kod-ling ]

noun

  1. the young of the cod.

codling

1

/ ˈkɒdlɪŋ /

noun

  1. a codfish, esp a young one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


codling

2

/ ˈkɒdlɪn; ˈkɒdlɪŋ /

noun

  1. any of several varieties of long tapering apples used for cooking
  2. any unripe apple
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of codling1

1400–50; late Middle English querdling, equivalent to querd (of obscure origin) + -ling -ling 1

Origin of codling2

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; cod 1, -ling 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of codling1

C15 querdlyng, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

The Codling is not the Apple now so called, but is the general name of a young unripe Apple.

It not only left the eldest girl out in the cold, but made Mrs. Codling's task more dangerous.

It did not suit him any more than Mrs. Codling that his mother should scent danger in his visits to the vicarage.

Mrs. Codling's verdict naturally was, that it served the gipsy right, and and her father too.

How much further Thomas might have gone I know not, but by this time Mrs. Codling had got her voice and charged in turn.

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