bantling[noun]Synonyms: baby, babe, infant, neonate, newborn
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bantling noun.
['bantlɪŋ] L16.[Perh. from German Bänkling bastard, from Bank bench, BANK noun2: see -LING1 and cf. BASTARD.]A young child, a brat. Formerly also, an illegitimate child, a bastard.
fig.:
■ Byron The interest you have taken in me and my poetical bantlings. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲