Synonyms for bantams
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ban-tuhm |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn təm |
Top 10 synonyms for bantams Other synonyms for the word bantams
Définition of bantams
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.
- As in midget : noun small person
- As in dwarf : noun very small person
- The largest are the tall Cochin Chinas; the smallest the pert little Bantams.
- Extract from : « The National Nursery Book » by Unknown
- In vain these bantams stormed and raved, and entreated and blubbered.
- Extract from : « The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's » by Talbot Baines Reed
- The rabbits are Ned's, and the bantams outside are Stuffy's.
- Extract from : « Little Men » by Louisa May Alcott
- I am certain they are going to take you to see the bantams, now aren't they?
- Extract from : « Hoodie » by Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth
- I must certainly go with you to see the bantams after breakfast.
- Extract from : « Hoodie » by Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth
- They were the Bantams who told me of the Anglican padre at Longueval.
- Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs
- I only got my bantams at Easter, and these are their first eggs.
- Extract from : « The Third Class at Miss Kaye's » by Angela Brazil
- He has not yet outgrown his guinea-pigs, and his bantams, his squirrels, and his litter of puppies.
- Extract from : « An Isle in the Water » by Katharine Tynan
- She gave me an account of the number of my pheasants and bantams; and I said, they should be my own care twice or thrice a day.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- No self-respectin' gent would bring up 'is bantams in that line nowadays.
- Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
Antonyms for bantams
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