bambino

[ bam-bee-noh, bahm-; Italian bahm-bee-naw ]

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noun,plural bam·bi·nos, Italian, bam·bi·ni

[bahm-bee-nee]. /bɑmˈbi ni/.

a small child or baby.
an image of the infant Jesus.

Origin of bambino

1755–65; <Italian, equivalent to bamb(o) childish (perhaps originally nursery word) + -ino diminutive suffix

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How to use bambino in a sentence

Boston was on the cusp, finally, of winning its first World Series since 1918, forever shedding the Curse of the bambino.
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And besides, this bambino never had any clothes, and so far as I know never wanted any.
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The Sacred bambino is not your serving Cavalier, that you should wish to cover him with silk and velvet.
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In the streets and in the shops hundreds of children gaze longingly and lovingly at the bebe or bambino in Italian.
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She goes down on her knees and holds the baby up, and tells me it ain't for her sake she's asking this—it's for the bambino.
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Consequently his lordship remained at Calais in the charge of his faithful valet, bambino.
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British Dictionary definitions for bambino

bambino

/ (bæmˈbiːnəʊ) /

nounplural -nos or -ni (-niː)

informal a young child, esp an Italian one
a representation of the infant Jesus

Origin of bambino

C18: from Italian

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