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Webster 1913 Edition
Bantling
Bant′ling
,Noun.
[Prob. for ]
bandling
, from band
, and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G. bäntling
a bastard, fr. bank
bench. Cf. Bastard
, Noun.
A young or small child; an infant.
[Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]
In what out of the way corners genius produces her
bantlings
. W. Irving.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bantling
BANT'LING
,Noun.