The Collaborative International Dictionary
Warling
Warling \War"ling\, n. One often quarreled with; -- ? word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling. [Obs.]
Better be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.
--Camde?.
Wiktionary
warling
n. (context obsolete English) One often quarreled with, as in ''"It is better to be an old man's darling than a young man's warling."''