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An effeminate or womanish man.
One who is bad; a worthless person.
A brood, group, or flock of ducks.
From Middle English *badling, from Old English bædling (“an effeminate person”), equivalent to bad + -ling.
From Wiktionary
Perhaps from an alteration of paddling.
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