banty
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“And he whooped every banty in my school,” Jack says.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
“I loved it. I peacocked. I had a lot of people call me the banty rooster” — he’s a slight, wiry guy.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2016
A banty, broad-shouldered man with a companionable manner, Irving no longer keeps a locker at the N.Y.A.C., but during the eighties he hit the mats nearly every evening, from seven to nine.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 14, 2015
In that context, it becomes easier to grasp the profound early populist appeal of the banty pol who leaves office on Saturday.
From Time ● Aug. 2, 2013
“It’ll be all mine, nobody’s but mine, and I’ll put my banty eggs in it.”
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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