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Meaning of Starveling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who is thin from lack of food.

Equivalents

العربية المتضور
Deutsch Hungerleider
Polski zdechlak

Examples

“If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.”
“As for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, their blackened rags hanging on them[…]”

CEFR level

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

Starvelings starver Starves Starving starving artist Starving Time

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