Definition of "starveling" [starve•ling]

• One that is starving or being starved. (noun)
• Starving. (adjective)
• Poor in quality; inadequate. (adjective)

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• "And this after what the magazine calls "decades of whittling" in the state's financial support for UC, culminating in a "starveling" budget!"
• "• "You starveling, you eel skin, you bull's pizzle!""
• "Compare some of these to what's said this political season: • "You starveling, you eel skin, you bull's pizzle!" • "You stock-fish, you bow case!""