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bantling

[ bant-ling ]

noun

  1. a very young child.


bantling

/ ˈbæntlɪŋ /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a young child; brat


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bantling1

First recorded in 1585–95, bantling is from the German word Bänkling illegitimate child. See bench, -ling 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bantling1

C16: perhaps from German Bänkling illegitimate child, from Bank bench + -ling 1

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Example Sentences

A long time, however, must have elapsed before the bantling took heart of grace and found strength to run alone.

He advertised my bantling gratuitously in his own journal, and gave it every possible facility.

It is fortunate for you, sir, that the Duchess Joan wears her hair short, like a Northman or a bantling troubadour.

He had got something from Don Jaime's books, this mountaineer's bantling!

She had spent more than an hour the evening before writing a story, and was rather proud of her first-born literary bantling.

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