bardling
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editbardling (plural bardlings)
- An inferior bard.
- a. 1773, John Cunningham, A Prologue to Love and Fame:
- Faith! let him scape, let Love and Fame survive, / With your kind sanction keep his scenes alive; / Try to approve (applaud we will exempt), / Nor crush the bardling in this hard attempt.