BANTAM
\bˈantam], \bˈantam], \b_ˈa_n_t_a_m]\
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A fowl of any of numerous small breeds; slang, a soldier under the standard army height of five feet, three inches.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small variety of the common fowl, brought from the East Indies, and supposed to be named from Bantam in Java.
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Of the bantam breed.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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