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
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And finally, we would remind the rejected one that, after all, his bantling has been exhibited in the R.A.—to the president and his colleagues engaged in the work of selection.
From Mr. Punch in Bohemia by Various
My bantling was thus born upon the high seas, in the South Atlantic Ocean, and no power could gainsay the legitimacy of its birth.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
Did Dorsey at Saint Louis treat it as his bantling? or did he say to Miner, "This is all I will do"?
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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
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