bantling
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bantling
First recorded in 1585–95, bantling is from the German word Bänkling illegitimate child. See bench, -ling 1
Example Sentences
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There she found another "bantling of fate," whose Nordic features suggested that he was an atavism, or at least a primeval anachronism; in any case, a monad.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the Brighton Show of 1886 there were two cats, both reared by dogs, the foster-mother and her bantling showing evident signs of sincere affection.
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Harrison Weir
Then would my courage, a very ricketty bantling, make weak protest: "You faced a blunderbuss and a volley of slugs, and you were not afraid."
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
And never did a prouder heart beat than the heart under my white frock that day for my first-born bantling of the pen.
From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Helen C. Black
There is no reason that such a bantling should be born at all, and at least we would recommend the continuance of gestation for nine times the Horatian period.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various
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