Starve"ling (?), n. [Starve + -ling.]
One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment.
Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.
Starve"ling, a.
Hungry; lean; pining with want.
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