bantam

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Hartopp accepted the challenge like a bantam, and the two went up to King's study about the same time as Winton returned to the form-room beneath it to finish his lines Then half a dozen of the Second Fifteen, who should have been washing, strolled in to condole with 'Pater' Winton, whose misfortune and its consequences were common talk.

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  1. noun Any of various breeds of very small domestic fowl that are often miniatures of members of larger breeds.
  2. noun A small but aggressive and spirited person.
  3. adjective Diminutive; miniature.
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  • He supposed it was a tramp and — ‘me being what you might call a bantam-weight, sir’ — he had decided to make a discreet withdrawal rather than risk annoying the vagrant by invading his sleeping quarters. —  The Crozier Pharohs - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 66
  • Expression of sja-let-7, sja-miR-71 and sja-bantam were analyzed in six stages of the life cycle, i.e. egg, miracidium, sporocyst, cercaria, schistosomulum, and adult worm, by a modified stem-loop reverse transcribed polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method developed in our laboratory. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • WBC super-bantam champ Toshiaki Nishioka (32-4-3, 19 KOs), a hard-hitting and slick-punching southpaw veteran, will make his initial defense against Mexican warrior Genaro "Poblanito" —  Fightnews - Boxing News Updated 24/7
  • Pac was a really big fighter back in the days when he was a bantam, fly, and feather weight. —  East Side Boxing
  • Sakai is the TBC top ranked super-bantam contender, but even Thai experts castigate his high rank despite his real power and previous records. —  Fightnews - Boxing News Updated 24/7
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  1. After Bantam, former town in Indonesia from which such fowl were thought to have originated.

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  1. So named, prob., from Bantam, in Java.
 

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