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

Sir Flapwing was of high degree, As fine a bantling as you'd see 'Twixt Amsterdam and Paris, he.

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

A long time, however, must have elapsed before the bantling took heart of grace and found strength to run alone.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

If any author laid under contribution were to recognise his bantling, he could only cry to it, "Bless thee, Bottom, thou art translated."

From William Shakespeare by Masefield, John

A bantling clergyman, who was spoken of with masculine approval because he smoked a pipe and said charmingly naughty things.

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