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

Buonaparte's passion for his bantling was once more the ardor of a misdirected genius unsullied by the desire for money, which had played a temporary part.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

Everybody laughed last Session when Tony, with much gurgling, produced this bantling; brings it out again to-night.

From Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. by Various

Bullock had contracted for, and superintended the building of the Alabama, and was now going with me, to be present at the christening of his bantling.

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

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