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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bambino \Bam*bi"no\ (b[aum]m*b[=e]"n[-o]), noun; It. pl. {-ni}. [It., a little boy, fr. bambo silly; cf. Gr. bambali'zein, bambai'nein, to chatter.]
1. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Sports) George Herman Ruth ("Babe" Ruth), the baseball player; -- usu. in the form ''the bambino''.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bambino
noun: a young child [syn: {toddler}, {yearling}, {tot}] [also: {bambini} (pl)]
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