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

For the third time that month, Carl saw Ray turn his collar round and become clerical, while every one rustled with delight, including the jolly bantling clergyman.

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

Madagascar is, perhaps, above all other countries, the bantling and the plaything of the storm, and thunder and lightning.

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

In short, they have “cast the bantling on the rocks.”

From Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy by Grayson, David

This bantling mayoral," muttered the landlord, "keeps his mask up.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)