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Bambiʹno

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A picture or image of the infant Jesus, swaddled (Italian, bambiʹno, a little boy). The most celebrated is that in the church of Sta. Maria, in the Ara Cœli of Rome.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Balm (French, baume)
Balmawhapple
Balmérino (Lord)
Balmung or Gram
Balmy
Balmy-stick (To put on the)
Balnibarbi
Balthazar
Baltic
Balwhidder (The Rev. Micah)
Bambino
Bambocciades
Bamboccio or Bamboche
Bamboozle
Bampton Lectures
Ban
Banagher
Banat
Banbury
Banco
Bancus Regius

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Bambino