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Definition of "bantling" [bant•ling]

  • A young child. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bantling" in a sentence
  • "The Seraph, mightily confused at being called a bantling, giggled inanely, so I replied again."
  • "I, poor fool, exulting in the splendid throes of accomplishment, never dreamed that the real christening of my bantling was the toast the Master of Hell drank as the name "Amalgamated" was slowly traced upon the pad before my eyes; never dreamed that this cherished offspring on whose rearing I had lavished all I possessed of dollars, of ideals, of generous hopes and high expectations -- whose growth I had literally watered with my sweat -- was an imp of darkness."
  • "He looked over at Kenny, Well done, little bantling."