bantamn.

Brit.

/ˈbantəm/, U.S.

/ˈbæntəm/

Etymology: Supposed to be named < Bantam in the north-west of Java, whence perhaps the fowls were imported to Europe, though, according to Crawford, originally from Japan.

a. A small variety of the domestic fowl, most breeds of which have feathered legs: the cocks are spirited fighters.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of

rumpkin1676

bantam1749

Jersey blue1758

Dorking1779

Plymouth Rock1806

Java1813

shack-bag1816

Negro fowl1835

creeper1847

Minorca1848

cuckoo fowl1850

Leghorn1850

Brahmapootra1851

Ancona1853

shanghai1853

Andalusian1854

Bolton bay1854

Corsican cock1854

jacinth1854

Minorca1854

spangle1854

yellow leg1854

Crèvecœur1855

sultan1855

Hamburg1857

Leghorn1857

Yokohama1865

Houdan1871

Langshan1871

Wyandot1881

sultan hen1882

silkie1885

Orpington1887

rock1889

silver-grey1889

Campine1892

Rhode Island Red1893

Faverolles1902

Rhode Island White1905

Malines1906

Rhode Island1914

Australorp1922

maranc1934

1749 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 518 We fed all the bantams, guinea-fowl, pheasants.

1862 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. I. 184 Knock'd the bantam cock right down.

b. figurative in reference to small size or ‘cockiness’.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > thing small of its kind

decimo-sexto1594

diminutive1609

toy1665

a shrimp of aa1774

bantam1787

pygmy1838

yarkera1842

baby1847

smidgen1952

1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians (ed. 5) iii. 9 And struts the veriest Bantam Cock of Paint.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliii. 469 ‘Do you alvays smoke arter you goes to bed, old cock?’.. ‘Yes, I does, young bantam.’

1863 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (ed. 2) 59 Those pretty little pets, the Elzevir classics, a sort of literary bantams.

c. bantam weight n. (Boxing): see quot. 1954.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > weight > weight division

lightweight1817

bantam weight1884

light middleweight1885

featherweight1889

light-heavyweight1891

light-heavy1895

fly-weight1911

cruiser-weight1920

light flyweight1922

1884 Times 10 Apr. 6/4 The competitions were this year five in number, or one more than usual, a cup having been instituted for ‘bantam weights’, or men not exceeding 8 st. 4 lb.

1894 Outing 24 71/2 An attempt to match the coxswains for a bantam-weight contest.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 139/2 Boxers are divided by the Amateur Boxing Association into five classes, according to their weights, as follows:—Bantam Weight, not exceeding 8 st. 4 lb.

1903 Daily Chron. 19 Sept. 3/3 Not even an indomitable spirit will bring a bantam-weight and a welter-weight together.

1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 351/2 The boxing rules of the American Amateur Athletic Association differ slightly from the British... The recognized classes by weight are: Bantam,..Feather,..Light,..Welter, 145 lb and under; Middle..and Heavy.

1954 F. C. Avis Boxing Ref. Dict. 8 Bantamweight, a standard weight division for professional boxers weighing more than 8 st. but not more than 8 st. 6 lb.; amateurs 8 st. and 8 st. 7 lb. respectively.

d. Applied to battalions, etc., of small-sized soldiers.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > company of small soldiers

bantam1914

1914 Daily Express 20 Nov. 5/5 ‘Bigland's Bantams’ will probably be the pet name of a battalion which is being raised of men who are just too short to enlist under the ordinary conditions... The Bantams Battalion has been recognised by the War Office.

1914 Scotsman 11 Dec. 7/4 The Edinburgh Rotary Club..has now completed arrangements for the raising of a ‘Bantam Battalion’.

1927 Observer 30 Oct. 7 The 35th was a bantam division which went out to France very early in 1916.

2. bantam-work n. ‘a kind of Indian painting, and carving on wood, resembling Japan-work, only more gay.’ Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1753.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bantam
释义	bantamn. Brit. /ˈbantəm/, U.S. /ˈbæntəm/ Etymology: Supposed to be named < Bantam in the north-west of Java, whence perhaps the fowls were imported to Europe, though, according to Crawford, originally from Japan. 1. a. A small variety of the domestic fowl, most breeds of which have feathered legs: the cocks are spirited fighters. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of rumpkin1676 bantam1749 Jersey blue1758 Dorking1779 Plymouth Rock1806 Java1813 shack-bag1816 Negro fowl1835 creeper1847 Minorca1848 cuckoo fowl1850 Leghorn1850 Brahmapootra1851 Ancona1853 shanghai1853 Andalusian1854 Bolton bay1854 Corsican cock1854 jacinth1854 Minorca1854 spangle1854 yellow leg1854 Crèvecœur1855 sultan1855 Hamburg1857 Leghorn1857 Yokohama1865 Houdan1871 Langshan1871 Wyandot1881 sultan hen1882 silkie1885 Orpington1887 rock1889 silver-grey1889 Campine1892 Rhode Island Red1893 Faverolles1902 Rhode Island White1905 Malines1906 Rhode Island1914 Australorp1922 maranc1934 1749 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 518 We fed all the bantams, guinea-fowl, pheasants. 1862 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. I. 184 Knock'd the bantam cock right down. b. figurative in reference to small size or ‘cockiness’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > thing small of its kind decimo-sexto1594 diminutive1609 toy1665 a shrimp of aa1774 bantam1787 pygmy1838 yarkera1842 baby1847 smidgen1952 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians (ed. 5) iii. 9 And struts the veriest Bantam Cock of Paint. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliii. 469 ‘Do you alvays smoke arter you goes to bed, old cock?’.. ‘Yes, I does, young bantam.’ 1863 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (ed. 2) 59 Those pretty little pets, the Elzevir classics, a sort of literary bantams. c. bantam weight n. (Boxing): see quot. 1954. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > weight > weight division lightweight1817 bantam weight1884 light middleweight1885 featherweight1889 light-heavyweight1891 light-heavy1895 fly-weight1911 cruiser-weight1920 light flyweight1922 1884 Times 10 Apr. 6/4 The competitions were this year five in number, or one more than usual, a cup having been instituted for ‘bantam weights’, or men not exceeding 8 st. 4 lb. 1894 Outing 24 71/2 An attempt to match the coxswains for a bantam-weight contest. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 139/2 Boxers are divided by the Amateur Boxing Association into five classes, according to their weights, as follows:—Bantam Weight, not exceeding 8 st. 4 lb. 1903 Daily Chron. 19 Sept. 3/3 Not even an indomitable spirit will bring a bantam-weight and a welter-weight together. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 351/2 The boxing rules of the American Amateur Athletic Association differ slightly from the British... The recognized classes by weight are: Bantam,..Feather,..Light,..Welter, 145 lb and under; Middle..and Heavy. 1954 F. C. Avis Boxing Ref. Dict. 8 Bantamweight, a standard weight division for professional boxers weighing more than 8 st. but not more than 8 st. 6 lb.; amateurs 8 st. and 8 st. 7 lb. respectively. d. Applied to battalions, etc., of small-sized soldiers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > company of small soldiers bantam1914 1914 Daily Express 20 Nov. 5/5 ‘Bigland's Bantams’ will probably be the pet name of a battalion which is being raised of men who are just too short to enlist under the ordinary conditions... The Bantams Battalion has been recognised by the War Office. 1914 Scotsman 11 Dec. 7/4 The Edinburgh Rotary Club..has now completed arrangements for the raising of a ‘Bantam Battalion’. 1927 Observer 30 Oct. 7 The 35th was a bantam division which went out to France very early in 1916. 2. bantam-work n. ‘a kind of Indian painting, and carving on wood, resembling Japan-work, only more gay.’ Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1753. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1749
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