chefling

English

Etymology

From chef +‎ -ling.

Noun

chefling (plural cheflings)

1. A young, little, or subordinate chef
   • 1988, Poetry Australia, numbers 117-122, page 65:

     […] they see that up & coming cheflings do not scoff
     at peelings […]

   • 2008, Rikki Ducornet, Tom Motley, The One Marvelous Thing - Page 83:

     “Do I ask you?”, she shouts, “what goes on in the kitchen? How do I know you're not buggering your cheflings in the larder?”

   • 2015, Susan D Curtis, Nicole Curtis Ammerman, Santa Fe School of Cooking:

     A part-time chef at the Santa Fe School of Cooking and full-time Culinary Arts Director at the Santa Fe Community College, Michelle proudly enjoys educating her “cheflings.”

Anagrams

• felching, fleching, flèching