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

The Seraph, mightily confused at being called a bantling, giggled inanely, so I replied again.

From Explorers of the Dawn by Morley, Christopher

There is no reason that such a bantling should be born at all, and at least we would recommend the continuance of gestation for nine times the Horatian period.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various

At the Brighton Show of 1886 there were two cats, both reared by dogs, the foster-mother and her bantling showing evident signs of sincere affection.

From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison

This was careful dry-nursing for the bantling which had been provided with so comfortable a cradle in the State Department.

From James Madison by Gay, Sydney Howard