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I met him for the first time last week at the Church of the Nazarene forum and I don't think he was taller than 5'5.11/07/2006 07:28:00 AM|W|P| azwildcat88|W|P|Graf is what my grandmother would call a banti rooster, apearantly a small rooster that acts tough because it is small.
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It's from Telugu bantikokku: banti 'ball' + kokku 'long beak,' just to get some linguistics into this entry.
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There is a bezoar stone from the _banti_ tree that gets its owner to a place more quickly than his rival.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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Indonesia News - _pril, 2002: * Thousands stage banti-Israel protest inxndonesian city *
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So we have an Abhishek Bachchan who is promoting "oongli cricket" (a new form of gambling one can cheekily say), a Shah Rukh Khan coming in a different avatar seeking tips for his teams to improve their performance (where it not for the IPL would a Urvashi Dholakia had got a chance to feature in a campaign for Nokia - distinct possibility), and a Sharman Joshi leading a charmed life with his campaign for Airtel with the punch line-Baat Karne se hi baat banti hai.
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Once the camera is switched off, the reporter pokes fun at Aamir, saying: "Bhaiya roj roj nehi banti 'Lagaan', pagal ho gaya hai, kuchh bhi banata hai.
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