bastardling

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English

Etymology

From bastard +‎ -ling.

Noun

bastardling (plural bastardlings)

  1. (diminutive) A young or petty bastard
    • 1902, Dominicana: A Magazine of Catholic Literature, volume 3, page 58:
      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, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Francesca da Rimini - Page 45:
      My father Is much too kind to this young bastardling.
    • 1939, Field and Stream, volume 44, page 36:
      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.