Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An illegitimate brat.
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Examples
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βIs this hedge-bantling to be fathered on you, Mr. Frank?β
Westward Ho! 2007
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"Is this hedge-bantling to be fathered on you, Mr. Frank?"
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
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