bastardling

noun

bastardling

noun

Etymology From bastard + -ling.

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Diminutive A young or petty bastard

  • 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:
  • My father Is much too kind to this young bastardling.1902, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Francesca da Rimini - Page 45:
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  • 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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