bantam

Part of speech: noun

A breed of small domestic fowl.

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Usage examples "bantam":

  1. He looked like a spiteful bantam, and fortunately at that moment Jessie returned to the Patience, and he could not say any more. - "Red Hair", Elinor Glyn.
  2. Chanty thought he could beat Mr. Bantam easily, he was so small, and invited him to fight. - "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag", Louisa M. Alcott.
  3. When the fleet from Bantam makes landfall at Surat, Arangbar will surely have the courage to sign the firman, and then my mission will be finished. - "The Moghul", Thomas Hoover.