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bantling BANT-ling noun a bratty child; a small child 1855Westward Ho! 'Oh, bathos!' said Lady Bath, while the 'prentices shouted applause. 'Is this hedge-bantling to be fathered on you, Mr. Frank?' 1920The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847Is not the ex-officio clause in the Poor-law Bill your bantling, or that of your leader, Lord Stanley? 1934Speedy in OzNow attend closely, my valiant bantling.Labels: Charles Kingsley, John O'Rourke, Ruth Plumly Thompson
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