Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)A young woman; representing a mispronunciation of the word maiden.

Origin

Blend of maiden + -ing, through misapprehension of maiden as a case of g-dropping.

Blend of maiden + -ing, through misapprehension of maiden as a case of g-dropping.

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Forms

plural: maidings
Singularmaiding
Pluralmaidings

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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