subs. (old).—A fledgling; a GREEN-’UN (q.v.). [GIFFORD: ‘A young QUOD, alluding to the quids and quods of lawyers.’ NARES: ‘Dol intended to call Dapper, a young raw apple, fit for nothing without dressing: codlings are particularly so used when unripe.’] QUILL-DRIVER (q.v.): cf. QUOD.
1610. JONSON, The Alchemist, i. 1.
| Dol. A fine young QUODLING. | |
| Face. O, | |
| My lawyer’s clerk, I lighted on last night. |
