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queenling

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A queenlet; a petty queen.

Examples

“I must pull⟳ onwards; so, Queenling, au revoir! What, not a kiss of the hand to me, your first visitor, your only lover this day!”
““Notre petite reinette Ecossaise,” said Catharine de Medici herself, who looked upon her with distaste, “our little Scottish queenling has only to smile⟳ in order⟳ to turn⟳ all the heads in France!””
“There! Sit⟳ thee down on the trackway / And croon thy dolly a song; / Let⟳ the procession sweep⟳ by thee, / Queenling, whom none may wrong.”
“I have⟳ suspected that, notwithstanding this vigilance, a queenling of exceptional enterprise occasionally would escape⟳, and go solitary to her destiny.”
“The time has come⟳ to crush⟳ this queenling and her little country. Their arrogance is beginning to annoy me.”

CEFR level

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