NESTLE-TRIPENOUN
the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child; the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter ...1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from 'nestle-cock' with obscure second element FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1616 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...But I, that am his eldest and first borne, shall have the nesteltrett sett mee beforne" From: John Lane's Continuation of Chaucer's 'Squire's Tale', 1616 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 • The West Somerset Word-Book, Frederick Thomas Elworthy, 1886
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