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bantling

[bant-ling]

noun

a very young child.

Origin:
1585–95; < German Bänkling illegitimate child. See bench, -ling¹

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bantling (ˈbæntlɪŋ)

—n
	archaic, derogatory a young child; brat

[C16: perhaps from German Bänkling illegitimate child, from Bank bench + -ling¹]

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