"badling" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Middle English *badling, from Old English bædling (“an effeminate person”), or simply bad + -ling.",
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      "form": "badlings",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2011, R. T. Raichev, Murder at the Villa Byzantine",
          "text": "The presence of the badling – poor little Clemmie – was causing particular tension.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, Insulting English",
          "text": "\"After the storm, all the women and children bailed desperately to keep the lifeboat from sinking. Not Lucas the badling, though. He just hopped up and down in the stern, flapping his arms in the air and exclaiming, 'Oh my, oh, my!'\"",
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        "One who is considered bad (for example, due to being effeminate)."
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        "(rare) One who is considered bad (for example, due to being effeminate)."
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        {
          "word": "baddie"
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        {
          "word": "loser"
        },
        {
          "word": "worthless person"
        },
        {
          "word": "effeminate man"
        }
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "badling"
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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from an alteration of paddling.",
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        "A brood, group, or flock of ducks."
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        },
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          "text": "\"After the storm, all the women and children bailed desperately to keep the lifeboat from sinking. Not Lucas the badling, though. He just hopped up and down in the stern, flapping his arms in the air and exclaiming, 'Oh my, oh, my!'\"",
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    {
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    {
      "word": "effeminate man"
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