bambino

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bambino - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bambino \Bam*bi"no\ (b[aum]m*b[=e]"n[-o]), n.; It. pl. -ni.
     [It., a little boy, fr. bambo silly; cf. Gr. bambali`zein,
     bambai`nein, to chatter.]
     1. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the
        infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Sports) George Herman Ruth ("Babe" Ruth), the baseball
        player; -- usu. in the form "the bambino".
        [1913 Webster]

bambino - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bambino
      n 1: a young child [syn: toddler, yearling, tot,
           bambino]