Definition of Banty

1. Adjective. (American English) bantam (small, but aggressive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Banty

1. a bantam [n -TIES] - See also: bantam

Lexicographical Neighbors of Banty

banterers
bantering
banteringly
banterings
banters
bantery
banties
banting
bantings
bantling
bantlings
bants
bantus
bantustan
bantustans
banty (current term)
banxring
banxrings
banya
banyak
banyan
banyan day
banyan days
banyan tree
banyans
banyas
banzai
banzai attack
banzai charge
banzais

Literary usage of Banty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"banty TIM (Remarks of Sergeant Tilmon Joy to the White Man's Committee of Spunky Point, Illinois) I reckon I git your drift, gents,— You 'low the boy ..."

2. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"banty TIM (Remarks of Sergeant Tilmon Joy to the White Man's Committee of Spunky Point, Illinois) I reckon I git your drift, ..."

3. School and College Speaker by Wilmot Brookings Mitchell (1901)
"banty TIM By JOHN HAY, Author, Poet, Lawyer, Diplomat; Ambassador to Eng. and, 1897-98; Secretary of State, 1898. Born in Salem, Ind., 1838. ..."

4. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"... and $30 was to be paid every month; that said payments were made up to and including the month of July, li'10; that [565] banty also had the option ..."

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