Bambiʹno.

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.

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