sharpling
English edit
Etymology edit
From sharp + -ling. Compare German Schärfling (“stickleback”).
Noun edit
sharpling (plural sharplings)
- (UK, dialect, archaic) A stickleback.
References edit
- “sharpling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.