whelp
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And for this match at the Kennington Oval, a desperate England were blooding eight new internationals, including a 17-year-old whelp, James Prinsep.
From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2011
At first, Medicine Ball Caravan looks like another whelp from the Woodstock litter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But what do I care about these little hired hickory-nut heads sticking something in their pockets, and some little irresponsible whelp going out and writing something hid behind a screen reflecting on me ?
From Time Magazine Archive
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A Newfoundland whelp said to be destructive of crockery.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Of a certain runty rat-faced boy, Tormund said, “That one’s a whelp of Varamyr Sixskins. You remember Varamyr, Lord Crow?”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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