yearling
Noun
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Noun
yearling (plural yearlings)
- An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).
- a yearling lamb
- A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
- (US) A sophomore at West Point military academy.
- 1910, H. Irving Hancock, Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point (page 84)
- "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?"
"If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."
- "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?"
- 1910, H. Irving Hancock, Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point (page 84)
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