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whelp

[hwelp, welp] / ʰwɛlp, wɛlp /
NOUN
young animal
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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

Some lousy whelp stole my snow shovel off my porch last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Newfoundland whelp said to be destructive of crockery.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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