nestlern.
/ˈnɛslə/, U.S. /ˈnɛslər/ Originally: †a nesting bird, a nestling (obsolete). Now only in extended use (rare): a little child.
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the world > animals > birds > nest or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that builds or lives in
nestler1611
nester1867
the world > animals > birds > young bird > [noun] > nestling(s)
nestlingc1450
birdling1611
nestler1611
broodling1673
gorlin1721
nest-matea1834
broodlet1866
downy1911
nidicole1962
the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]
childOE
baban?c1225
fauntekin1377
infant1382
babea1393
fauntelet1393
babyc1400
lakinc1440
mop1440
chrisomer1574
tenderling1587
chrisom1596
childling1648
flosculet1648
bratling1652
lullaby-cheat1665
strangera1674
child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675
hoppet1695
tot1725
bambino1761
weanie1786
tiny1797
dot1800
trudgeon1814
toddle1825
toddles1828
yearnling1829
dab1833
toddler1837
baba1841
arrival1846
teeny-tiny1849
toddlekins1852
mite1853
trot1854
babelet1856
nestler1866
spoon-child1868
bubby1885
chavvy1886
bub1889
kiddy1889
toddleskin1890
newborn1893
kidlet1899
kidling1899
bubba1906
bundle of joy1924
liddly1929
mammet1932
snork1941
kiddywink1957
sproglet1987
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Annicheur, a nestler; a nest-maker.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 99 Cuckoes flesh, whilst it is a nestler, is by Perot highly extolled.
1827 E. Atherstone Tomorrow 149 What 'tis he sings to the soft nestler there.
1835 W. Colton Ship & Shore 91 The little nestler appears to be so well satisfied with the new world, in which he has arrived, that he troubles no one with the fretful calls of any ungratified want.
1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man ii. 43 The mother..missing..the darling nestler.
1992 Gourmet Sept. 74/2 Babies on airplanes are not adorable nestlers. They are noisy. They cry a lot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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