Citations:manling

Noun: "(obsolete) a man of short stature"

 * 1641 — Ben Jonson, Timber, or Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter:
 * Again, a man so gracious and in high favour with the Emperor, as Augustus often called him his witty manling (for the littleness of his stature), and, if we may trust antiquity, had designed him for a secretary of estate, and invited him to the palace, which he modestly prayed off and refused.

Noun: "(literary) a young man; a boy"

 * 1894 — Rudyard Kipling, "Kaa's Hunting", The Jungle Book:
 * "Hah!" said Kaa with a chuckle, "he has friends everywhere, this manling. Stand back, manling. And hide you, O Poison People. I break down the wall."
 * 1965 — Frank Herbert, Dune, Berkley (2005), ISBN 9780441013593, page 68:
 * "Before I do your bidding, manling," Mapes said, "I must cleanse the way between us.
 * 1991 — Lawrence Watt-Evans, The Blood of a Dragon, Wildside Press (2001), ISBN 1587153572, page 185:
 * She turned. "Manling," she growled, "you'd be well advised not to draw my attention just now."
 * 2000 — Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath, Triangle, Pocket Books (2000), ISBN 9780743419604, unnumbered page:
 * However, he could not conceivably win against the faster, stronger young manling.
 * 2001 — Adrian Cole, Oblivion Hand, Wildside Press (2001), ISBN 9781587154669, page 36:
 * The manling had climbed above the tunnel and through an invisible hole, while the squealing below had assumed frightful proportions.
 * 2002 — John Banville, Shroud, Vintage International (2004), ISBN 037572530X, page 222:
 * Yes, Bartoli, that puny manling, from somewhere found the nerve to interrupt me.
 * 2002 — Alexey Pehov, Shadow Prowler (trans. Alexey Pehov), Tor (2010), ISBN 9780765324030, page 164:
 * "Have you lost your mind, manling?" Vukhdjaaz hissed, grabbing me by the sides of my chest.
 * 2007 — Judith Merkle Riley, The Water Devil, Three Rivers Press (2007), ISBN 9780307237897, page 232:
 * But before his yelping can rouse the old woman, she has thrown her black cloak over the dirty little manling and scooped him up like a bundle.
 * 2007 — Patrick Rothfuss, Name of the Wind, DAW Books (2007), ISBN 1101147164, unnumbered page:
 * "Hear my words, manling," he hissed. "Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold beneath."
 * 2007 — Michael Swanwick, The Dragons of Babel, Tor (2007), ISBN 9780765359131, page 66:
 * "Hang on tight, manling. I'm going to give you the ride of your life."
 * 2010 — Tad Williams, Shadowheart, DAW Books (2010), ISBN 9781101475089, unnumbered page:
 * "And to you, manling, son of Olin and Meriel — welcome, too. We were told of your coming.
 * 2012 — Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Moonblood, Bethany House Publishers, ISBN 9781441214720, unnumbered page:
 * "A manling, my king. He crossed the bridge."