brat; whelp; bastard child
• (n.) A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]
Bant'ling noun [ Prob. for bandling , from band , and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or confer German bäntling a bastard, from bank bench. Confer Bastard , noun ] A young or small child; an infant. [ Slightly contemptuous or depr...