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bantam

[ban-tuhm] / ˈbæn təm /
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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

My bantam, Emmylou, likes to lay her eggs in the yard where I can’t find them.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2022

What they want are players such as 15-year-old Paula Martínez, one of two girls in the bantam age group — and one 270 girls playing hockey nationwide, according to the federation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 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 looked back and saw the old man and the bantam policeman grappling beneath the department store clock.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole