bant
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Despite a contemptuous response from the medical profession, his modest booklet went on to become a bestseller and "to bant" became a popular term for dieting.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2016
We passed by Spoons on the way, and the steak club nearly distracted me, imagine the amount of bant and dec going on in there.
From The Verge ● Jul. 14, 2015
A nice verb, to bant, though not approved of by the dictionary, which scornfully terms it “humorous and colloquial”.
From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Walter Prichard Eaton
OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
I’ve got all the instincts of a real society lady and sometimes it irks me awful not to be able to let myself loose and bant like—” “Pant?” asked Mr. Gubb.
From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Rea Irvin
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