bantling

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There she found another "bantling of fate," whose Nordic features suggested that he was an atavism, or at least a primeval anachronism; in any case, a monad.

From Time Magazine Archive

My bantling was thus born upon the high seas, in the South Atlantic Ocean, and no power could gainsay the legitimacy of its birth.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

A bantling clergyman, who was spoken of with masculine approval because he smoked a pipe and said charmingly naughty things.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair

And never did a prouder heart beat than the heart under my white frock that day for my first-born bantling of the pen.

From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.

Do you recall those bygone days, When you received with kindly praise My bantling book of Rhyme?

From Perverted Proverbs A Manual of Immorals for the Many by Graham, Harry