banty
Example Sentences
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“And he whooped every banty in my school,” Jack says.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
“He’s the same old banty rooster, just on the other side of the fence,” Lankford said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2021
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
Except for short distances banty chickens can’t fly well, because they have been bred to be too heavy for their wings.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
