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bantling |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bantling \Bant"ling\, n. [Prob. for bandling, from band, and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf G. b["a]ntling a bastard, fr bank bench. Cf {Bastard}, n.] A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.] In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. --W. Irving.
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