whelp

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And for this match at the Kennington Oval, a desperate England were blooding eight new internationals, including a 17-year-old whelp, James Prinsep.

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2011

Guelph comes from hwelp or whelp, meaning a wolf's pup, and Ghibelline is an Italian attempt to pronounce the name of the counts of Waiblingen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pondering the tragedy, William Wordsworth labeled him "the marvellous boy," and Samuel Johnson burbled, "It is wonderful how the whelp has written such things."

From Time Magazine Archive

Anything is possible, but this script makes Nolte seem a rather sullen whelp.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had grown more restive every day they waited; much longer and he would have been fit to whelp cubs.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin