Child
Child noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Runt
Both words in one sentence
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As the Wodensfang tells it, "the gods" then punished Grimbeard by giving him a runt son, Hiccup II, that ended up raised by dragons and became his favorite child.
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Youngest Child Wins: Riki's the runt, yet ends up being the one who had inherited Shiro's genes the most.
Source: Manga / Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin -
Occasionally can be seen as a supertrope to The Runt at the End and Youngest Child Wins as the baby tends to favored by characters, writers, and fans in real life.
Source: The Baby of the Bunch
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