bantam

Example Sentences

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In March 2023, the bantam hen from Michigan was crowned the world's oldest living chicken by Guinness World Records.

From DOGO News • Sep. 19, 2023

He was skinny as a young man, and the Toronto Globe and Mail once quoted some of his fellow fliers as saying he was “more like a wiry bantam weight.”

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

However, they were adamant in only bringing one team for the 7/8U bantam division that has garnered the recent negative attention in the media.

From Fox News • Nov. 22, 2021

A bantam alpha, gut sucked into his chest, shoulders padded out like a linebacker, hair center-parted and pomaded back; the little creep who makes nothing but takes a fee on it anyway.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2020

One of the old men caught his visitor, another old fellow, stealing his bantam; the owner spotted its black feet sticking out of his guest’s sweater.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston