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
Who knew but that the white woman's ghost would rise out of the kopje there, some dark night, and pinch and cuff and thump and beat people who had ill-used her bantling?
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
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
The Seraph, mightily confused at being called a bantling, giggled inanely, so I replied again.
From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley
Bullock had contracted for, and superintended the building of the Alabama, and was now going with me, to be present at the christening of his bantling.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
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