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
This was careful dry-nursing for the bantling which had been provided with so comfortable a cradle in the State Department.
From James Madison by Gay, Sydney Howard
Everybody laughed last Session when Tony, with much gurgling, produced this bantling; brings it out again to-night.
From Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. by Various
For the third time that month, Carl saw Ray turn his collar round and become clerical, while every one rustled with delight, including the jolly bantling clergyman.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair
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 Semmes, Raphael
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