- bantlings
- n. small child; urchin, brat
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
bantlings
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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.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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bant|ling — «BANT lihng», noun. a young child; brat: »... their base born bantlings (Connoisseur). ╂[perhaps < German Bänkling bastard < Bank bench] … Useful english dictionary
