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Meaning of driftling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who is carried about, drifts, or wanders aimlessly; a drifter; wanderer; traveller.

Examples

“The low note is the voice Of the Spirit, God, Love, Saying. "Driftling! rejoice, There is harbor Above."”
“The fact of their existence at Nagasaki having been communicated to the American commissioner at Canton, the sloop of war, Preble, was dispatched to bring away these driftlings. She arrived off the harbour of Nagasaki on the 17th of April.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

driftnet driftpin Drifts driftway driftweed driftwind

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