bantling

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bantling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bantling \Bant"ling\, n. [Prob. for bandling, from band, and
     meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G.
     b[aum]ntling a bastard, fr. bank bench. Cf. Bastard, n.]
     A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or
     depreciatory.]
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           In what out of the way corners genius produces her
           bantlings.                               --W. Irving.
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