[f. AUTHOR sb. + -LING.] A petty author; an insignificant writer.
1771. Smollett, Humph. Cl., 836. A parcel of authorlings.
1828. Q. Rev., XXXVII. 418. The surviving Grub-street authorling.
1850. Whipple, Ess. & Rev. (ed. 3), II. 89. Weak manikins and dapper authorlings who mistake indigestion for inspiration.
