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

Anything is possible, but this script makes Nolte seem a rather sullen whelp.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gandhi, whose mother's policies had done much to whelp and teethe the Tigers, earned their enmity in 1987 when he co-authored a peace plan for their offshore island republic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pondering the tragedy, William Wordsworth labeled him "the marvellous boy," and Samuel Johnson burbled, "It is wonderful how the whelp has written such things."

From Time Magazine Archive

He wasn’t going to apologize to another Randall, certainly not that whelp who ran the place now.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead