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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

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

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

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




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