addlings

Definition

Earnings.

Etymology

From addle + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "He din’t heve mich i t’way o addlins but it wor just enuff to get by."
• "[…] addlings, wages received for work. A gentleman has informed me, that in Nottinghamshire, and throughout the north, with some variation of sound, addle and addlings are now in use."
• "ADDLINGS, wages. "Poor addlings," small pay for work. "Hard addlings," money laboriously acquired. "Saving's good addling," as the well known saying, "a penny saved is a penny gained.""