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

At the Brighton Show of 1886 there were two cats, both reared by dogs, the foster-mother and her bantling showing evident signs of sincere affection.

From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison

Madagascar is, perhaps, above all other countries, the bantling and the plaything of the storm, and thunder and lightning.

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

There was a pucker between Dorothy's dark eyebrows as she snatched back her literary bantling.

From A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days by Brazil, Angela

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