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Sperling

Sperling \Sper"ling\, n. [See Sparling.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. A smelt; a sparling. [Prov. Eng.]

  2. A young herring. [Local, U.S.]

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sperling

n. 1 (context UK dialect English) A smelt; a sparling. 2 (context US dialect English) A young herring.

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Sperling

Sperling is a German and Jewish surname, meaning " sparrow" in German.

Usage examples of "sperling".

The other, Lady Jane Sperling, eldest daughter of the Earl of Hedley, was the belle of the ball.

They had been acquired by Robert, Lord Sperling, first Earl of Hedley, her great-great-great-great-great grandfather.

So when Cat Sperling kept looking at me from the other end of the hall, she was a senior and all, with tits like balloons, you could say I was interested.

And, well, standing next to one of the empty coffins was Cat Sperling, and she was totally naked.

I got him to give me directions to the Sperling place, and then he got to staring at me in a way I never been stared at before.

The family was heading home, packed into their large town coach decorated with the ornate Sperling crest on the door, lulled by the steady clip-clop of the team of four matched grays.

Lord Sperling had possessed enough good sense to intervene in time to save the manuscripts from going up in flames.

He remembered Sperling well, had played whist with him at Brooks many a time.

Looking half in a daze, Sperling had been staring across the green baize at his lost fortune.

The wrong choice meant the utter ruination of the entire Sperling family.

Fascinated as the rest, he watched Bradbourne shuffle a new deck of cards, then present them to Sperling for the cut.

He looked at Sperling, who sat with shoulders hunched, face tense and drawn, gazing with anguished eyes as each card was laid down.

At last he opened the door of a small ante-room and found Sperling, tears streaking down his face, standing in the middle of the room holding a pistol to his head.

I am still not awake after chasing about with you and Sperling half the night.

The burden of bearing such tragic tidings to the Sperling family had enveloped him in gloom this morning, but no sense taking his anger out on Tatton.