bantam

Example Sentences

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Her 14-year old son, Evan Smolik, was a goalie on a bantam team in a league that did not require neck guards.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

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

He was a swaggering bantam rooster of a youth, too young and too hot-blooded for Ned's taste, though a fast friend of Catelyn's brother, Edmure Tully.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin