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