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bant⋅ling

  [bant-ling]
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–noun
a very young child.
Origin:
1585–95; < G Bänkling illegitimate child. See bench, -ling 1
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bant·ling   (bānt'lĭng)   
n.  A young child.

[Origin unknown.]
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