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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ban-tuhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn təm



Definition of bantam

Origin :
  • 1749, after Bantam, former Dutch residency in Java, from which the small domestic fowl were said to have been first imported. Extension to "small person" is 1837. As a light weight class in boxing, it is attested from 1884, probably from the birds, which are small but aggressive and bred for fighting.
  • adj small
Example sentences :
  • It clattered unheeded to the floor as the bantam dived for Hilary and Joan.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Babbitt, looking like a triumphantly vicious Bantam rooster, crowed on.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It was to be the bantam (carried by Natt and owned by his master) against all comers.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • By all means (returnd the wealthy King of Bantam;) I had so designd before.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Aphra Behn » by Aphra Behn
  • Smith was eying the bantam critically when Dicksie rejoined him.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • This is not a bantam 224 hen at all; this is a bantam rooster.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • The mud was too deep for the Shanghai to run and the bantam killed him.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • It was she of the bantam cock and “the left-hand body blow” alluded to above.
  • Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
  • A revolt in Bantam had occurred some twelve months before the date of my visit .
  • Extract from : « A Visit to Java » by W. Basil Worsfold
  • The bantam mother, on this, appeared satisfied to regard her as a friend.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Animal Sagacity » by W.H.G. Kingston

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