bastardling

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noun

A young or petty bastard

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounbastardling (plural bastardlings)

plural bastardlings

  1. diminutiveA young or petty bastard

    My father Is much too kind to this young bastardling.

    1902, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Francesca da Rimini - Page 45
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    The off-spring of the Duke belied its source! — Perhaps "Son Rufus" was a bastardling, Whom "policy" forced William to endorse! At any rate, howe'er you explain the thing, Since William England never had one decent Kin"!

    1902, Dominicana: A Magazine of Catholic Literature, volume 3, page 58

    The unholy union of good natural history and bad propaganda is today producing some weird bastardlings; the pity is that some of their chirpings are believed by many people.

    1939, Field and Stream, volume 44, page 36

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