bantam

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Bantamweight apparently takes its name from the bantam, named for a particularly feisty kind of chicken, originally from Bantam in Java.

From Salon

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

To the bantam octogenarian, who loved parasailing and hit the weight room the day after she broke three ribs in a fall.

From Washington Post

“We had all manner of unusual bantams, geese and pigs. Orphaned lambs wandered through the kitchen. I found ducklings in the bath.”

From Washington Post

For all of its optical delights and bantam details, Institute Benjamenta is a remarkable artwork from a singular directing duo.

From The Guardian