| 单词 | bantam |
| 例句 | It is not uncommon for this breed of bantam to be the top of the pecking order among milder-mannered breeds. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He had a tough bantam body, easily detectable under the tight sweat shirt he wore. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at him again as for the first time, seeing a little bantam rooster of a man with a high-domed forehead and a raw eye-socket that wouldn't quite accept its lid. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sue Griegson hasn’t got any bantam whites, and never has. Do you still want her phone number, or can I help you find the true owner?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z His wings were a combination of russet colors, like a bantam rooster or a lazy sunset. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He looked back and saw the old man and the bantam policeman grappling beneath the department store clock. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The only one with bantam White Leghorns in this area was Jim Brown. Well, aside from Redwood Farm.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z They removed insects from the tomatoes, mealies, squash and pumpkins and fed them to bantam chickens penned at the mouths of the tunnels. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “The same bantam rooster. The same adder eyes.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a little bantam rooster, he came, all alone. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z One of the old men caught his visitor, another old fellow, stealing his bantam; the owner spotted its black feet sticking out of his guest’s sweater. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the only one small enough to fit,” he said, swaggering around like a bantam rooster. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Albee's scalding drama of marital discord still retains the bantam energy and strong bite of his youth," Isherwood wrote. 'Broadway is junk' 2013-01-28T12:52:30Z A generation apart, the filmmakers deserve a break, especially when teaming with the bantam battler Pacino. Al-lelujah! A Pacino Double Feature at Venice 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z For all of its optical delights and bantam details, Institute Benjamenta is a remarkable artwork from a singular directing duo. My streaming gem: why you should watch Institute Benjamenta 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z In this competition of reigning eccentrics, Rockwell is the surprise winner for his intense and acute bantam lunacy. Seven Psychopaths: Smart, Violent, Crazy Fun 2012-10-11T12:00:26Z Bantamweight apparently takes its name from the bantam, named for a particularly feisty kind of chicken, originally from Bantam in Java. The etymology of 15 weird and wonderful Olympic words 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Five years ago, my brothers and I drove to a vast flea market in Collinsville, Alabama, to buy a bantam rooster for our mother. Southern Journal: Trade Day 2011-07-06T21:50:00.733Z Mr. Palmieri, an ebullient bantam of a man who turns 76 on Saturday, said he welcomed the distinctions coming his way, but also found a certain irony in them. Eddie Palmieri Ties Together Musical Genres 2012-12-13T22:49:44Z In March 2023, the bantam hen from Michigan was crowned the world's oldest living chicken by Guinness World Records. 21-Year-Old Peanut Is The World's Oldest Living Chicken! 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Jack and some of the other boys in his neighborhood would ride their bikes around carrying miniature bantam roosters, or banties, which they would take under a shade tree and pair up for fights. Cockfighting Is Illegal in the U.S. Why Does It Breed so Many Fighting Birds? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Barnes grew up in Eastvale, just an hour from Los Angeles, and played for bantam and junior teams supported by the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks. Serdachny’s goal in OT gives Canadian women 3-2 win over US 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z He was skinny as a young man, and the Toronto Globe and Mail once quoted some of his fellow fliers as saying he was “more like a wiry bantam weight.” ‘Stocky’ Edwards, Canadian flying ace in World War II, dies at 100 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z “When I was playing bantam hockey, I wanted to be Clark Gillies — score and fight.” Kreider’s hat trick powers Rangers to 7-3 win over Coyotes 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z "When I was playing bantam hockey, I wanted to be Clark Gillies — score and fight." Chris Kreider's hat trick powers Rangers to 7-3 win over Coyotes 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z However, they were adamant in only bringing one team for the 7/8U bantam division that has garnered the recent negative attention in the media. Texas youth football team booted from league over dominance: 'Too good for a rec-level team' 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z A bantam alpha, gut sucked into his chest, shoulders padded out like a linebacker, hair center-parted and pomaded back; the little creep who makes nothing but takes a fee on it anyway. Review: How Reagan and the finance bros gave us Trump 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z To the bantam octogenarian, who loved parasailing and hit the weight room the day after she broke three ribs in a fall. Perspective | Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a powerful mind and an athlete’s soul 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z “We had all manner of unusual bantams, geese and pigs. Orphaned lambs wandered through the kitchen. I found ducklings in the bath.” Felicity Bryan, British literary agent who spearheaded journalism fellowship, dies at 74 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z She first got an idea of how good she might be when she won the women’s bantam national championship in the 200 meters in 2016. Teenage rower Nevin Harrison could make Olympic history this summer. How she got here is even more impressive. 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Those bantam picks can pay off quickly, as evidenced by Thunderbirds rookie left wing Conner Roulette, 16, a second-rounder from 2018 who has 14 goals and 11 assists his first 31 games. Some Seattle-area insight into NHL’s increased scoring from young players 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The group also changed the “novice,” “peewee,” “atom” and “bantam” groups to clearer, more precise names that specify players’ ages, from under-7 to U21. A high school in North Dakota calls its teams the ‘Midgets.’ Activists want that changed. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Also dropped starting next season are the categories novice, peewee, bantam and atom. Name change for ‘midget’ division in Canadian hockey 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Hockey Canada said the term midget, novice, peewee, atom and bantam would be replaced by age descriptive names from under-7 to U21. Hockey Canada to stop using 'midget' as age category to make sport 'more inclusive' 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Voices such as those of Welch and Swift can help us start to examine and unravel these dynamics, though it will never be a fair fight – self-loathing being the perpetual heavyweight to bantam optimism. Beyoncé's crash diet plan sells an impossible, damaging ideal | Laura Snapes 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z In Bercow’s, he is standing in the House of Commons, chest puffed out like a bantam rooster. House Speaker John Bercow on Theresa May, Brexit and why he won’t leave — yet 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The contingent included coaches, team leaders, members of the under-14 bantam AAA team who participated in the incident, and players who weren’t involved. Museum of Tolerance provides powerful lesson for youth hockey team 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The incident, which was recorded and posted to social media, took place early last month in Las Vegas, where the Jr. Kings 14-and-under bantam AAA team was participating in a tournament. Kings call on Anti-Defamation League to help address Jr. Kings’ alleged anti-Semitic acts 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Other bantam spacecraft will soon follow the MarCOs into deep space, if all goes according to plan. Success of Tiny Mars Probes Heralds New Era of Deep-Space Cubesats 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Back at home, Fabio is married to Domino, another cochin bantam. Fabio the rooster has plenty to crow about at Evergreen State Fair 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Ten picks apart for players who grew up 10 minutes from each other, from a bantam team, Grenadiers Chateaugauy, to the Ducks. Former bantam teammates Comtois and Morand hope to find chemistry with the Ducks 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z An officer responding to a report of a chicken running through an intersection was able to capture the black bantam rooster. D.C. Animal Watch 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z After she prevailed in court, Blainey-Broker played three years of boys’ hockey in the bantam, minor midget and midget divisions. Quest for On-Ice Equality Echoes a Fight From 30 Years Ago 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Tensions heightened this year after the Justice Ministry blackballed a number of bantam N.G.O.s involved in combating H.I.V./AIDS as “foreign agents” because they received grants from abroad. H.I.V. Cases Surpass a Million in Russia, but Little Is Done 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Tensions heightened this year after the Justice Ministry blackballed a number of bantam NGOs involved in combating HIV/AIDS as “foreign agents” because they received grants from abroad. Russia does little as HIV cases pass 1 million 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Daisy began officiating at squirt, bantam and select games at the Foxboro Sports Center and every rink with a Zamboni in the Commonwealth in Saturdays and Sundays, often three or four games a day. Mansfield hockey referee Daisy headed to the NHL 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z The boys helped keep the farm going through the Depression, driving to Cheyenne, the state capital, to sell potatoes, bantam sweet corn and chickens. Kenny Sailors, a Pioneer of the Jump Shot, Dies at 95 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Could not one of the others, in a very talented bantam weight division, fill the gap? 10 U.F.C. Fighters Vying to Fill Gap Left by Ronda Rousey 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z On this 40-mile stretch of road there is a series of lay-by businesses, selling everything from bantams to burgers, and tomato plants to topsoil. On the roads discovering Britain's eccentric lay-by businesses - BBC News 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Whippet thin, he is flailing his arms, punching like a pugilist over the crowd, doing his best bantam rooster impersonation, snapping his hips every moment on stage. Scenes from the Rolling Stones' Secret Show: 5 Things Every Act Can Learn From Mick and Keith 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z A bantam of a man, Mr. Passaro had a knack for rubbing people the wrong way, and was described a decade ago by ex-wives and neighbors as anything but a cool-under-fire sort. A Singular Conviction Amid the Debate on Torture and Terrorism 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z At the bantam game, Shawn McCosh, who played for the Los Angeles Kings and the Rangers, coached the Junior Coyotes. Auston Matthews, a 17-Year-Old Prodigy, Is Evidence of Arizona’s Flourishing Hockey Scene 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z “I’m coaching a bantam team right now, so I’m definitely back,” he said. Lawsuits Target Canadian Junior Hockey League System 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z These were small, wiry, tightly wound men—“the bantam roosters of the rodeo world,” one calf roper called them—accustomed to keeping their pain to themselves. The Ride of Their Lives 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z A foot shorter than his biggest bantam teammate, Jay was never drafted into any league — not juniors, not the NHL. Capitals forward Jay Beagle visits his dad’s auto shop in Calgary At 14, he moved to Alberta and boarded with a family to play bantam hockey. Jordin Tootoo’s Latest Stop on a Long, Hard Journey 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Besides, George McPhee — the man whose office he now occupies — had been not just a longtime boss, but a teammate in bantam hockey, college hockey and professional hockey. Washington Capitals GM Brian MacLellan grows into his new role A slim bantam of a man with white hair and walnut skin, he returned to his homeland to cultivate organic cherry, passion fruit, mango and lime trees. Second-Chance Med School 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z "The award for the best hard feather bantam goes to Mr N Jones," says a lady with a microphone and the winner steps forward to much clapping. Is show season making a comeback? 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The family keep bantam hens, ducks, sheep and pigs and grow crops which currently include onions and fruit. Commuting from the city to the farm 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Looking at the flock, Ms. Saye pointed out a bantam Easter egger, a breed that lays blue eggs, and the black copper marans, a breed that is appreciated especially by French chefs for their eggs. In Queens, Chickens Clash With the Rules 2014-04-19T01:23:39Z Practice for his bantam league team was a 45-minute drive away. Minnesota’s Olympic Hockey Cradle (Pop. 1,781) 2014-02-04T15:55:23Z A bantam in both stature — he was 5 feet 7 inches, maybe — and temperament, Weaver was among the most influential managers in modern baseball history, and among the most combative as well. Earl Weaver, Volatile and Visionary Manager of the Orioles, Dies at 82 2013-01-19T17:33:52Z When she was on a state champion boys’ bantam team in Madison, she loved going to her brother’s games with the Gophers. At Birth, Golden Gophers’ Stars Had Ice in Their Veins 2012-12-01T03:52:50Z When the 2012 bantam draft takes place Thursday in Calgary, all eyes will be on the Seattle Thunderbirds. T-birds have first pick in Thursday's bantam draft 2012-05-03T01:06:04Z The bantam chickens," sobbed Cissy; "and they are lovely as lovely. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z The Seattle Thunderbirds will pick first in the 2012 Western Hockey League bantam draft after winning the league's draft lottery Wednesday. T-birds to pick first in bantam draft | NW Briefs 2012-03-22T02:57:04Z A bantam may be trusted with about half a dozen eggs of a large breed, such as the Spanish. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z They were clever little bantams, these, and neither was able to put in a finishing blow. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z At the bantam level, players wear cage facemasks, and fighting is punishable by ejection and an automatic suspension, so fights are rare and quickly ended. Fighting Has Deep Roots in Saskatchewan Hockey 2012-02-28T22:02:21Z I despatched my upper servant, breakfasted, fed the bantams as usual, and made no more hurry to town than Cincinnatus would if he had lost a basket of turnips. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z But they share the job of worrying about Ike, whose heart, they say, is too big for his bantam size and, maybe, this business. This Land: Maine Resident Struggles to Heat His Home 2012-02-04T04:12:18Z "It's all the fault of that confounded little bantam," said Blathgowrie, when Dizzy's tale had come to an end. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z The last of his iniquities arose from a valor that lacked its better part, an absurd mixture of Falstaff and bantam rooster. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z In bantam, with the masks on, don’t waste my time. Fighting Has Deep Roots in Saskatchewan Hockey 2012-02-28T22:02:21Z His legs seemed disproportionately short, so that he strutted like a young bantam. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z I shouldn't be surprised if you know more when you come back again--if you ever do come back again, my bantam. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z He could only sit with open mouth staring at his father, and this demeanour instantly set up the comb of that peppery little bantam. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z After dark the farmer put his horse in again and drove away home, not knowing that there were three little bantams fast asleep on his axle. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z At the bantam level, players wear cage facemasks, and fighting is punishable by ejection and an automatic suspension, so fights are rare and swiftly broken up by officials. Fighting Has Deep Roots in Saskatchewan Hockey 2012-02-28T22:02:21Z Troock, 17, was considered a can't-miss scoring prodigy from Edmonton, Alberta, when he was drafted by the Thunderbirds with the 12th overall pick in the 2009 Western Hockey League bantam draft. How acupuncture helped get young hockey star back on ice 2011-11-16T03:49:03Z The feathered family had been increased by two white Leghorns and three bantams. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z I've had that little bantam in my rooms since seven o'clock. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z It was a drive of four miles, but the bantams never woke till the glare of a lantern made them open their eyes and blink. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z “When you fight in bantam hockey, it’s a glorified wrestling match,” Darren Seaman said. Fighting Has Deep Roots in Saskatchewan Hockey 2012-02-28T22:02:21Z At the end of the fust month, the Exchange had cleared—cleared, mind you—over two hundred dollars; and Jim Henry was crowin' over me like a Shanghai rooster over a bantam. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z Even the birds were silent, and Mollie’s cherished family of bantams, a hen, a rooster and one chick, crouched listlessly in the shadow of the hedge. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z I feel like a bantam hen sitting on a goose egg.” The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z When he saw the bantams he whistled with surprise. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Yes, sir, he’s as plucky as a bantam. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z "And if I had you up at the Hall, my young bantam, for four and twenty hours or so, I'd make you docile too." Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z If you are troubled about that, kick the dogs into the street and sell the game-chickens, if they crowd mother's bantams out. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z The bantam champion, too, many years ago, lived behind us around the corner; but he was a distant hero, sated with fame, unconscious of our youthful worship. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The bantams put their heads under their wings and went to sleep. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z “I’ve never competed before, but I saw a billboard about this and thought, ‘Why not?’” said Junior Perez, 13, who entered his two pet Japanese bantam roosters, Shadow and Tiny. Corn Dogs and Drag Queens: Denver takes a chance on its first county fair, aiming at hipsters 2011-07-29T16:40:59Z One of his dearest friends, coming home from a journey, brought him a couple of bantam eggs. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z Mrs. Simpson was accompanied by her pretty little girl, flowered and furbelowed into as near a resemblance to a bantam chicken as it was possible for a pretty little girl to take. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z He got his break as a teenage player when his bantam team in Melfort, Saskatchewan, was losing badly to a team from North Battleford. Boogaard Recalled as Tough ?Teddy Bear? 2011-05-15T00:48:33Z Outa hopped about like a fighting bantam, while the children hugged themselves in silent delight. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z “Always puts me in mind, George, of a pink and white bantam hen.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Gramps had a half-dozen turkeys, as many geese, a few ducks and a large flock of mongrel chickens that ranged from fussy little bantams to huge dunghill roosters. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z You crow very loud, my young bantam," returned Murbridge, "but that does not alter my decision. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z The crowd roared when they saw the little bantam getting into the ring with a pretty husky middle. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z Pity for this small man who was usually as aggressive as a bantam rooster, but who now was so abject, stole Joe's anger. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z The bantams, by the way, have to be 56kg or under. Commonwealth Games - live! 2010-10-13T09:12:00Z Only Rockwell gets some welcome space as Hammer, whose bantam belligerence masks his frustration at not being Tony. Hero Worship: Iron Man 2's Troubled Heart 2010-05-07T09:00:00Z A well-bred bantam does not weigh more than a pound. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis On the day I am recalling, I see that I only made one entry in my diary, “At last bought Waster Lunny’s bantams.” The Little Minister "Hi! you young bantam, don't talk to me in that fashion," roared the man in a rage. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West He was almost as big as a bantam. A-Birding on a Bronco I only got my bantams at Easter, and these are their first eggs. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story A chain of "Bungel belles" stretched their thin arms above their heads in a letter O and prinked about on their toes like bantams in a dust road. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole This is a black breed which is small in size being a bantam duck like the Call. Ducks and Geese “You can say what you like,” cried the little lady, ruffling up like a very bantam hen in defence of her chicks; and now, for the first time, Trevor saw a trace of Fin. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One And like a young bantam the army-bred lad was dancing eagerly about, forgetful of his lameness and watching like a cat his bulky antagonist. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade The bantams had a special wired run to themselves. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story A second stride and fling followed, then a third, when a pert young officer, of the bantam species, seized a gun, and strutting to the front, proceeded to illustrate the idea more perfectly. An American Girl Abroad The size of eggs laid by ducks, especially the bantam breeds and the Mallard can be increased somewhat by liberal feeding. Ducks and Geese "Now, me bantam, get up on that load," he ordered. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp O'Shea owned that he and Hogan, "all the fellers, for that matter," had wished their little bantam of a canteen officer could have had two minutes more at "the big feller." A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Now I want to show you the bantams. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story At this moment a small bantam wearing one eye still in mourning danced up and kicked Sumner's eye out. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories Both the Call and East India ducks are small in size being really the bantams of the duck family. Ducks and Geese You senseless little bantam," said Shorty, with his grip on Harry's throat; "will you always be raising a ruction? Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign He has not yet outgrown his guinea-pigs, and his bantams, his squirrels, and his litter of puppies. An Isle in the Water By Bacchus, the little bantam still reigns supreme. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time The bantam now put on his trim little telegraph climbers and, going up Mr. Sumner's powerful frame at about four jumps, he put in some repairs on the giant's features, presented his bill, and returned. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories The Call ducks are the bantams of the duck race. Ducks and Geese "Father Ryan's lost his wee bantam hen," said Patsy when they were having supper one evening. The Weans at Rowallan The spider was just as blameless in his work of catching and eating flies as was Neddy’s white bantam when she went off into the fields after grasshoppers. Happy Days for Boys and Girls “Strut on, my pretty bantam,” thought Buckingham, whose eyes lost little that might be turned to his own advantage; “I like you well.” Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time “No ’elp for it, sir,” said the skipper, bridling like a bantam. The Missourian There is a little bantam hen here, a great pet, who comes up to the front door with the other bantams to be fed. The Thread of Gold In the corner, where a place had been cleared for the purpose, a bantam hen was tethered by a string to a nail in the floor! The Weans at Rowallan I didn’t eat the barley; the bantams did.” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam She led him out to the sweet-apple tree, and introduced him to the calf and the bantams, and invited him to go with them nutting the next day. The Eye of Dread Grim Morgan and Wat Tyler looked at each other, a great giant of a man and an undersized bantam. Slaves of Mercury “The devil’s with him, if you don’t put your spur in him, my bantam!” The Strollers Later in the day Andy also discovered the bantam hen, and told Lull. The Weans at Rowallan “I used to have some bantams,” replied the young scoundrel. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam Bob Johnson, over at Oroville, has some pretty bantams I want to tell you about.” Whispering Smith "Let them," crowed the fiery little bantam, "we'll meet them man to man." Slaves of Mercury We have black and brown bantams, and two little red calves we call Spot and Lina, because one has a red spot on its back, and the other a white line. Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He had also said that if she were a good girl he would give her a bantam hen for herself. The Weans at Rowallan I have a little bantam hen that mothers twenty little chickens, although she only hatched four of them herself. Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly When she came back, Whispering Smith was sitting on a cracker-box watching the bantam. Whispering Smith I deal in tinware, ironware, pottery, lead pipes, enameled ware, kitchen utensils, American toilet articles, French perfumery, cutlery, linen, sewing machines, saddles, bridles, seeds, fancy poultry, fighting bantams and objects de vertu.... Rosinante to the Road Again My little brother Jack had a pair of bantam chickens. Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I have a bantam rooster so tame that he will allow me to pick him up and carry him in my arms. Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly We have a little bantam rooster that takes care of six little chickens which their mother deserted; and I have three dogs, five cats, and a bicycle. Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I want you to see my bantams too. Whispering Smith And I have a bantam hen which has five little chickens. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I have some little white bantams, and my brother has some game bantams. Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The little man, important that he should be referred to as good for so substantial an amount, strutted up and down, like a bantam on whom the eyes of the fowl-yard rested. The Tale of Timber Town White and black bantams, both of which generally breed true, sometimes assume as they grow old a saffron or red plumage. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) This is not a bantam 224 hen at all; this is a bantam rooster. Whispering Smith One may have said that the bantams of the honored guest were not perhaps as small as some other bantams, but that the colossal size of his shanghais was beyond parallel. Imaginary Interviews The favorite chicken in those days was a small white bantam, and the more feathers it had down its legs the better. A Boy's Town They visited together the poultry-yard, and Jemima fed her bantams before she left them, bidding them all adieu, and looking behind her for the last time as she shut the gate. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago Purely bred black and white bantams, and some other fowls, occasionally assume, with advancing years, the red feathers of the parent-species. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) Annie is one, the young fellow who was watched over by the bantam was another, and a boy of four was the third. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Then I made Billy Burns sweep the floor, while Sam went down to the chicken yard and caught my bantam rooster, Tooley. Hepsey Burke My boy had a bantam hen that was perfectly white, and so tame that she would run up to him whenever he came into the yard, and follow him round like a dog. A Boy's Town I have a burying-ground for my pets, and in it there is the poor crow, a dog, two bantams, and seven canaries. Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Some hens were tiny dwarfs like the bantams, others were giants like the Cochin China fowls. Dick and His Cat and Other Tales “Not to keep in your bedroom as you did the bantam.” Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker When the real mother came back, she was in great distress; but the bantam kept the nest, and in a few days hatched out as many of the eggs as she could cover. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks Brawny right hands that could have choked the reedy crow out of the little bantam gamecock, clenched in the baggy pockets of old shooting-jackets. The Dop Doctor Besides this he collected stamps and birds’ eggs and picture post-cards, and kept guinea-pigs and bantams, and climbed trees and tore his clothes in twenty different ways. The Magic World "Any of you gents know this young bantam I've got triced up here?" The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code You should have seen me, when papa Brought me your gift, an hour ago; I almost hopped out of my shoes, And raised a mighty bantam crow! Stories of Many Lands One day she left her nest a few moments to get something to eat, and, while she was gone, a bantam hen, on the watch, took possession of it. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks Now, my bantam, you don’t look like a gentleman in that rig you’ve got on. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark At last the bantam contrived to squeeze through the bars, and a friendship of a most unusual kind commenced. Anecdotes of Dogs The shrill cry of the jungle fowl, crowing like bantams on the old farmland at home, seem to repeat the word "Roche, Roche!" When the Birds Begin to Sing Pet Animals: Observations on the habits, movements, and characteristics of pet animals, as cat, pigeon, bantam, rabbit, etc.; conversations about the natural homes and habits of these animals, and inferences upon their care. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study "I must certainly go with you to see the bantams after breakfast." Hoodie At length, when the bantam fell and gave no signs of speedy resurrection, the anger of Drayton could not be supported. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time One day, a pair of bantams arrived,—pretty little white birds, with red crests and nice yellow feet. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Mrs. Grey put into Darby's hand the shallow basket of round brown eggs, with two tiny white ones on the top for themselves that had been laid by Specky, the lovely black-and-buff bantam. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls There are one hundred and seventy-five recognized breeds, varying in size from that of the Japanese bantam weighing ten ounces to that of the huge Brahma which weighs fourteen pounds. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study I am certain they are going to take you to see the bantams, now aren't they? Hoodie The first bout was between the bantam and Lang Geordie's ponderous black Spanish. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time It is time enough for these bantams to think of finding a pullet when they have raised money enough by their own work to buy a bundle of laths to build a hen house. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 I have watched them all the spring, and I never saw a more perfect picture of devotion than that between the bantam rooster and his hen. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 "Looks like the home rooster when the imported bantam has left," said Snorky. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World For he remembered that last year they had shown him three tiny bantam chicks, such darling little things, all cuddled cosily together in the hollow of a silver table-spoon. Wood Magic A Fable “Oh, all serene, my young bantam,” replied Cripps, aloud, and still in the hearing of not a few of the boys. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story I should like to get up on a fence like that little bantam rooster of Darts’ and crow it to all the world. Chicken Little Jane Jean Paul Marat, the bantam, read Voltaire and steeped himself in Rousseau, and the desire grew strong upon him to do, to dare and to become. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Hickey was in the heavy middleweight class while he was still a bantam. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World At any moment some Terrible Magyar may wrest the bantam championship from us. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 In vain these bantams stormed and raved, and entreated and blubbered. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story A full-grown bird is about the size of a bantam fowl. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania “Wait a minute, Marcus,” said Hatty; and then raising her voice she called out, “Aunt Barbara, we want a coop for the chickens—some dear little bantams I brought from grandma’s!” Hatty and Marcus or, First Steps in the Better Path The white bantams had become very tame, and when they pecked the corn out of her hand it was almost too much to bear. A Pair of Clogs Oh, I know what I'm talking about,' and Miss Whichello gave a crow of triumph, like a victorious bantam. The Bishop's Secret The great work before her she cares nothing about; and as for Mr. Muller, she doesn't value him as much as a bantam hen. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 The bantam appeared inconsolable at the loss of his friend, and it was some time before he recovered his usual spirits. Stories of Animal Sagacity "I'll wring your neck, you bantam!" he bawled; and he came down on Parker with a rush. The Rainy Day Railroad War “We must take warning by this, Mary,” said Mrs Vallance, “and be careful about our fowl-house; it would not do to lose my cochin-chinas or your pretty white bantams in the same way.” A Pair of Clogs Professor Scotch pranced up and down the room like an angry bantam. Frank Merriwell's Bravery "That won't do no good, young bantam!" said the ruffian, as he aimed a blow at our hero. The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus A few days afterwards, a bantam began to sit on her own eggs—the nests being close together. Stories of Animal Sagacity "Why, hello, my bantam boy!" he bawled, in greeting. The Rainy Day Railroad War He bristled at the trail foreman like a bantam. Oh, You Tex! And he drew up with a bantam's vanity. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Its trade-mark, consisting of the words "Bantam Books" and the portrayal of a bantam, is registered in the United States Patent Office and in other countries. Planet of the Damned Among the strange friendships existing between animals of different natures, I must mention one formed between a terrier and a bantam. Stories of Animal Sagacity “Hallo! my young bantam,” exclaimed Morley, with a look of surprise. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Come, Martha, my bantam chicken, let’s have a cup of tea. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure When the bantam was finally brought home, the drake recognized him "afar off" and came hurrying to meet him with flapping wings and much vociferation. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals “Here it is, my bantam,” said one of the boatswain’s mates, who had discovered it as they removed the body of the French captain, under which it had lain, jammed as flat as a pancake. The King's Own Once more she hastened to the bantams, and lavished her care on the tiny things, of whom only three were surviving. Stories of Animal Sagacity But perhaps old Rajah does, so what we have got to do, as I said before, is to keep our eyes on that little bantam of a Malay, and chance it, sir—chance it.” Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris “You are a brave young bantam,” he answered laughingly. Peter the Whaler These birds have always passed the night close together, the bantam roosting among the branches of a low bush, while his faithful companion squatted on the ground at its root. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals “The hen hornbill must be like Uncle Joe’s little bantam, who never would sit till she was shut up in the dark, and that’s why Mr Hornbill fastened up his wife.” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas The bantam mother, on this, appeared satisfied to regard her as a friend. Stories of Animal Sagacity Hark at the little bantam!” cried Slegge, with a forced laugh. Glyn Severn's Schooldays Only mind, doctor, and you too, my young bantam, our weapons is only for show. Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea He’s been growing as cocky as a bantam since we’ve been ill. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser It was about as large as a bantam, had soft, silky plumage, and a tail composed of two feathers which were nothing more than stems up to the very tips, where were tassel-like appendages. The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan “I’ll give you anything of mine to make up,” said Nancy eagerly—“my bantam hen, or my dormouse, or my white kitten.” The Hawthorns A Story about Children The bantams were very handsome, and he felt a great desire to possess them; so he dismounted, and seeing the farmer's son hard by, he asked him for how much he would sell the fowls. The One Moss-Rose There was a poor little Arab chap, such a game little boy, with a small spear made for him, fighting like a bantam till a bullet broke his leg and knocked him over. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War As the brothers proceeded across the tableland, they also saw numbers of a small bird, about the size of a bantam, called by young Glass the “island hen.” Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes Amongst the penguins, too, were to be seen numbers of little sheathbills—just like small bantams, similar to the specimen Frank Harness had shot, and which he was so sorry about. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land “Here,” he exclaimed to one of his own people standing by, “just lash this young bantam’s arms behind him, and seize him to the rail, while I attend to the other.” A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron "Then I'll take them, and no thanks," said the young squire; and so saying, he flung Jim Meyers the sovereign, and began to hunt the bantams into a corner of the yard. The One Moss-Rose “Get out of the way!” cried the majestic Telson, brushing past him towards King, who now stood with his coat off and a very apologetic face, ready for the young bantam’s disposal. The Willoughby Captains He had a select band of admirers among the youth of the Second-Form, who cackled round him like hens round a bantam. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch "Have no fear, bantam," said a jolly Dominican in his ear, "that toad's blood was never hot." Little Novels of Italy The mud was too deep for the Shanghai to run and the bantam killed him. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure "I was admiring a bantam of Meyers," said he to his father, "and his son flew upon me like a tiger, and hit me between the eyes." The One Moss-Rose "Hark to the bantam!" he exclaimed in French—execrable French, but a proof that he was no newcomer in the Legion. A Soldier of the Legion So you’ve found your way here, have you, my young bantam? The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch "And if I don't see fit to go, my young bantam?" The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports "I've got a letter for yous," continued the bantam, fumbling in his cap and producing two letters, one of which he handed over. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble And then he told the whole story of the young squire having wanted to buy the bantams, and on his not being permitted to do so, of his endeavouring to take them by force. The One Moss-Rose His blood was up and he strangely resembled a little bantam cockerel. With Those Who Wait The young bantam did hop up, and they were soon on their way to the school. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch And with this pithy protest on his blue lips the little bantam fainted away. Under Fire There were eggs that a tiny bantam hen had laid, made into an omelette with very rare herbs from the castle kitchen garden. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs He stepped forward like a bantam rooster and faced the startled group of boys. Stand by for Mars! "I have some of the cutest bantams you ever saw." Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret “All square,” said the man; “hop up, my young bantam.” The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch "Eh, bantam! bantam!" he said, and sank back in his chair; "ye hae been at it in spite o' me." Alec Forbes of Howglen I had a cow and a heifer, eighty-six hens, three kinds of bantams, ten hives of bees, and two ducks. The Hills of Hingham He was wholly unconscious that he looked like a bantam crowing to a group of larger and more sleepy fowls, but the Frenchmen perceived the likeness. A Dozen Ways Of Love Do let us call our bantams what we like.” We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Take the lordly Brahma and the bantam bearing the same name, and the same exact proportions prevail. The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog Mr Cupples laid a small trembling hand on the boy's head, saying, "Eh! bantam, bantam!" and could say no more. Alec Forbes of Howglen He was a small bantam rooster, beloved of our landlady, which really proves nothing because she was such a tender-hearted person that she loved every dumb creature that wandered to her door. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches Word was telephoned to George that his pet bantam was all right. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show The dialogue I held with Jem about the bantams after the walnut raid was as follows: “Jem, you’re awfully fond of the ‘Major and his wives,’ I suppose?” We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Every one who has visited the poultry shows of the past few years must have been delighted and impressed to see the beautiful varieties of bantams. The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog "What cam' o' ye last nicht, bantam?" he asked kindly, but with evident uneasiness. Alec Forbes of Howglen 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 George felt quite proud of his bantam rooster, and Bunny and Sue were glad the feathered actor was in their show. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show You are not afraid to speak your mind, my young bantam. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow Rising to his feet he said: "You remind me of a set of bantam chickens, picking the sore head of an eagle when his wings are broken." Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures Nurse has given Thérèse two bantams, and every day after dinner she and Céline sit by the fire and play with them. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse It is singular if the same country produces likewise the diminutive breed that goes by the name of bantam. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants He clapped me lightly on the shoulder, a familiarity he had not ventured before, and he put his head on one side with a little bantam swagger. Montlivet Gooseberries the size of bantams' eggs, says a news item, won a prize at the Deeside Horticultural Show. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 Get a setting of bantam eggs from a local bird dealer. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 But nothing on earth is immortal: even mighty bantams must have their decline and fall; and omens began to show out that soon there would be a dust with the new master at Columbo. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 All breeds of chickens from the little bantams to the enormous Brahmas have been bred from a wild species of chicken found in India and called the jungle fowl. Outdoor Sports and Games She told me about the bantams, and the flowers, and many other things in which I was interested. The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories Did you ever see a small bantam hen ruffle up all her feathers in angry defense of her chick? For Woman's Love Just then a brave little white bantam rooster hopped down from his perch. The Child's World Third Reader He smiled grimly and thought of the little no-count and the tragedy of the white bantam. The Man Thou Gavest The meal was excellently served by Chinese servants in a charmingly picturesque Tartar room, and after it we wandered about the park, looked at the deer, and admired the Nagasaki bantams. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Doria drew herself up and flashed a glance at Barbara—they were both little bantams of women, one dark as wine, the other fair as corn. Jaffery "Aunt Ruth," said Mollie, "please tell us about the funny little bantam rooster who used to call to his wife every morning: 'Do—come out—n-o-w!'" Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies The prospector looked defiantly at Sanders, bristling like a bantam which has been challenged. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West This was said with such comical seriousness that Truedale laughed again, but sobered instantly when he recalled the incident of the white bantam which Jim had so vividly portrayed. The Man Thou Gavest I bought some fine bantams at Yokohama, and a whole cage full of rice-birds. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Grimly the Senior Surgeon longed to tell the White Linen Nurse about the pet bantam of his own boyhood days—that he bet a dollar could lick any bantam her father ever dreamed of owning! The White Linen Nurse But his patience never failed; and, when at last she flew down and joined him, a prouder, happier bantam rooster never strutted about the place. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies He had intended to clean up this bantam in about a minute. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West "Oh," said Joe, "I'm going to put them under that little brown bantam hen that wants to set, and let her hatch them." Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 There are beautiful bantams to be seen in some of the shops here; but they cannot be bought, as they are private pets. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months He stood outside himself, like a spectator, and nothing gave him more pleasure than to figure himself as a master of the ceremonies among the bantams, and the squirrels and the goldfish. The Art of Letters Charlie and and I learned more than one useful lesson from the bantam hen and her young family. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies The first was wild game for the delicate,—bantam larks, curlews, quails, and flying weazels; with a slight sprinkling of pilaus,—capons, pullets, plovers, and garnished with petrels' eggs. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Then he put the seven eggs in the nest carefully, and got the little bantam hen and put her in, too. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 "Not so fast, my bantam!" cried the guide. The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune The little lady's laugh rang out--shrill and cracked--like the crow of a bantam. The Testing of Diana Mallory He's a brave little chap, but such a bantam one must laugh. The Conqueror Hartopp accepted the challenge like a bantam, and the two went up to King's study about the same time as Winton returned to the form-room beneath it to finish his lines. A Diversity of Creatures He came and lifted up the little bantam hen, although she scolded and pecked at him; and in the nest Bobby and Betty saw six little pheasant chicks and one egg that did not hatch. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 I got into conversation with one tall American; he was a native-born Kentuckian, and full of the bantam sort of consequence of his race. California Four Months among the Gold-Finders, being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts Then again there are rabbits in the stable and very tame pigeons and the tiniest of bantams. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 He is now no more than a poor black bantam which cannot possibly take wing. Light An Inspiring Model Little Johnnie, having in his possession a couple of bantam hens, which laid very small eggs, suddenly hit on a plan. Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal At last, one day, Joe decided to let the little bantam run with her brood, and show them how to scratch and find worms. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 He trotted off, then, down the hotel corridor, with a strut to his resentment that was bantam and just a little fighty. The Vertical City The fact that his two pet bantam hens laid very small eggs troubled little Johnny. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations The female was a trim little bird with a lilac sheen to her brown feathers and looked much like a well-kept game bantam hen. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China In that moment he spied a bantam hen, the anxious mother of half a dozen puff-ball chickens. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration The little pheasants ran through the orchard and the little bantam hen followed them. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 Fill up, Miss Heptonstall, fill up!" cried Ted, energetically; "eh, if you dunnot gi' it no more nor that, Victoria met jest as well be a bantam. North, South and over the Sea Their appetites remained normal, but, as the little girl said of her pet bantam, they only lay about doing nothing. Adopting an Abandoned Farm Her brother was haranguing the assemblage, standing forth among them like an unconquered bantam. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 He was the exemplar in excelsis of those "bantams," "little and good," who, after being rejected for their diminutive stature, are now joining up under the new regulations: Mr. Punch's History of the Great War Suddenly the bantam crouched, sprang, and recoiled like a steel trap. Cheerful—By Request The bantam fowls and China pigs at equally moderate prices. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 369, May 9, 1829 He could hear them far away in the country and close by, and when he entered his village a little bantam walked up the road shrilling and clapping his wings, advancing to the fight. The Lake But he was as cocky as a little bantam. A Minstrel in France Yes, I guess she will marry him and carry him round in a basket, like a lame bantam! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Slovatsky put up his two huge hands, like hams, and his great arms, like iron beams and looked down on this lithe, agile bantam that was hopping about at his feet. Cheerful—By Request But I'll soon show you down to the boat, my young bantam! The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction The only one with anything approaching to a voice, is an aged bantam at the baker's; and even he is hoarse, in consequence of bad living in his last place. Nicholas Nickleby To see bantam chickens in your dream, denotes your fortune will be small, yet you will enjoy contentment. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition And then he further reflected as he climbed the hill that if it had to be done the best he could do would be a bantam hen contemplating domesticity. Her Father's Daughter It was about as large as a bantam, only its beak was not at all bantam-shaped. The Phoenix and the Carpet "Lud, Sir Andrew," said Marguerite, with one of her merry infectious laughs, "look on that pretty picture—the English turkey and the French bantam." The Scarlet Pimpernel "Why would some hippie bantam computer nerds want to hire the president of a company that makes soda pop and chips?" Undo, a Novel By Joe Hutsko She called Thea to come and look at a bantam egg, which she held up proudly. The Song of the Lark I have seen many white bantams, but never another like Bobby. Laddie; a true blue story There, in the warm litter above the melons, very cunningly hidden, he found twenty-five eggs, about the size of a bantam's eggs, but with whitish skin instead of shell. The Jungle Book "You are a sportsman, Lord Tony," said Marguerite, merrily; "ten to one on the little bantam." The Scarlet Pimpernel So Diamond sat down again, took the baby in his lap, and began poking his face into its little body, laughing and singing all the while, so that the baby crowed like a little bantam. At the Back of the North Wind Her bantam hens were remiss in zeal, and she was always delighted when they accomplished anything. The Song of the Lark In this room a small woman with a red serge blouse, and her black hair done on top of her head, was waiting like a proud little bantam. Sons and Lovers He danced up, and as Wessner lunged in self-defense, ducked under his arm as a bantam and punched him in the pit of the stomach so that he doubled with a groan. Freckles The simile was quite perfect, and the English turkey looked down with complete bewilderment upon the dainty little French bantam, which hovered quite threateningly around him. The Scarlet Pimpernel A man is not a Chatham nor a Wallenstein; but a man has work too, which the Powers would not quite wish to have suppressed by two and sixpence worth of bantams…. Thomas Carlyle This bantam has increased and multiplied, and keeps her family in a "coop" on the ground,—into which rats easily enter. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others She gave me an account of the number of my pheasants and bantams; and I said, they should be my own care twice or thrice a day. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 Ah, my young bantam," replies Heitman Michael, "it is quite true that she and I are acquainted. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice I said, and attempted the good old embrace; but she sidestepped like a bantam weight. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories "Tut! my Yankee bantam," said Harry; "look here!" and he showed me a handful of gold. Redburn. His First Voyage There are plenty of hens on the farm, and one spring a couple of bantams were added to the stock. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others "Here's a young bantam!" exclaimed the old soldier, smiling at my warmth. The Mystery of Cloomber Madame Le Mois considerately carried the bantam to the archway, that the lost joy of strutting might be replaced by the pride of preferment above its fellows. In and out of Three Normady Inns "How loud the young bantam crows after his first little scuffle!" Hereward, the Last of the English He jumped up and began running about the room with short little bantam steps, talking all the while. The Fighting Chance A writer in the London Spectator tells of a favorite bantam hen with which the house cat has long been accustomed to play. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Prominent among those who made a cult of these "bantams" were the laceworkers of Nottingham, and many prints are extant which bear witness to the excellent little specimens they bred. Dogs and All about Them This will be a blow to some of our "bantams." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 15, 1919 There is much determination in him, much of the lively bantam element about him. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston "I am very sorry, Judy, that I have not an egg for you, but our hens have not yet commenced laying, except Sissy's little bantam," said Mrs. Ford. A Child's Anti-Slavery Book Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life. It must have been a bantam who thought of this ingenious ruse. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 I'm training a young chap—eight stone seven, and he's got to get down to eight stone four, for a bantam weight match—at an inn up the river here. The White Feather He was not subject to seasickness, and walked the plunging deck like a bantam rooster. Observations of a Retired Veteran "What bantam is this you have brought to crow for you?" Princess Maritza The suburban inhabitants all seem to keep poultry, and all these fowls were of the same breed—small white bantams. Here, There and Everywhere I'm too old to bear arms, and when I was young enough bantam battalions weren't fashionable; nevertheless, I am enlisting for the war, and I start in this morning to do my part. Cappy Ricks Retires Well crowed, my bantam," said Santerre; "and be good enough to tell me where you come from. La Vendée She came out of her stateroom the next evening as limp as a rag, and clinging to the little bantam as if letting go would be sure death. Observations of a Retired Veteran Chen, with a voluble stream of Nagasaki profanity, spluttered in rage, and strove like a bantam rooster to get at his antagonist. The Voice on the Wire With hands manacled in front and the inexorable bantam guard behind, Coutlass came and stood before the railway official, who at last condescended not to seem engrossed in his accounts. The Ivory Trail On the day I am recalling, I see that I only made one entry in my diary, "At last bought Waster Lunny's bantams." The Little Minister They censured the bantam for strutting and crowing, In those vile pantaloons that he fancied looked knowing; And a want of decorum caused many demurs Against the game chicken for coming in spurs. Magnum Bonum I could not help wondering if the bantam saw his advantage as I saw it, and whether, now that he had her down, he would keep her down? Observations of a Retired Veteran I have raised seven-and-twenty bantams from the patriarchs you sent me. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Shaking his beautiful head he replied: "It is very hard to say what a bantam is thinking when it is crowing." Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One He rose on his spurs, in his little red bantam way. The Red Planet These were the object of the whole affair; the bantams having been merely served up as a first course, to collect the people together. Two Years Before the Mast He leads Tom the life of the condemned, over the feeding of those bantams. Australia Felix Don't you know the aristocratic look that all high-bred animals have—even bantams?' The Trial He looked as firm and warlike as one of our bantam fowls, a male one, when hawks are a hoverin' over the females of the flock. Samantha at Saratoga In the jungle too, is the beautiful bantam fowl, the possible progenitor of all that useful race. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither I don't go much on parsons, but when I calls for one I don't want no bantam chicken. The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills Could he fleece a hog after Satan had shaved it as clean as a bantam's egg? Hard Cash Purely bred black and white bantams, and some other fowls, occasionally assume, with advancing years, the red feathers of the parent- species. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 "I'll knock your head off if you bring my honesty into question," cried the Professor, standing on tip-toe like a bantam. The Green Mummy Ammonia does not relieve their bites as it does those of the night mosquitoes, and I am covered with inflamed and confluent lumps as large as the half of a bantam's egg. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither And while the cage was drying we put him among the bantams. The Longest Journey "The sooner, the better," said Scott; but at the same time he marked, with the pride of ownership, how this or that little Ramasawmy was putting on flesh like a bantam. The Day's Work - Volume 1 A nearly parallel case is offered by those black bantams which, as they grow old, develop a latent tendency to acquire red feathers. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 "Yes, me," and the Professor stood on tip-toe, like the bantam he was. The Green Mummy You bantam!" she said, with a laugh, "why didn't you let ME do that? Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Then he read the Bible in a quarrelsome sort of way, as if he were a bantam, and every verse were a crow of defiance to the sinner. David Elginbrod I will cry "peccavi" when I hear of the Duke or you attacking breeders for saying that man has made his improved shorthorns, or pouter pigeons, or bantams. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 The Sebright bantam, which breeds as true as any other kind of fowl, was formed about sixty years ago by a complicated cross. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 These were the object of the whole affair; the two bantams having been merely served up as a first course, to collect the people together. Two Years Before the Mast Mintie was a bantam biddy, very small, white as snow, and very pretty. Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories His visits to the Museum were frequent, and it was very amusing to watch his new relations with Commodore Nutt, who strutted around like a bantam rooster whenever the General approached Lavinia. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum First there came Two white doves Then a sparrow from his nest, Then a clucking bantam hen, Then a robin red-breast. Country Sentiment BIRCH, Dr. S., on the ancient domestication of the pigeon in Egypt. -notice of bantam fowls in a Japanese encyclopaedia. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 She would keep trying to get interest in the ties of others taking charge of little chicks and bantams and turkeys and puppies one time, and she thought most anything was an egg. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains Her valiant bantam spirit caught at this quarrel as a refuge from the rare and uncongenial ache of his secession. The Research Magnificent Em'ly disturbed now the bantams and now the turkeys, and several of these latter had died, though I will not go so far as to say that this was the result of her misplaced attentions. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains Now there were other broods of chickens to arrive in the hen-house, and I did not desire any more bantam and turkey performances. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains A turkey which had been sitting in the root-house appeared with twelve children, and a family of bantams occurred almost simultaneously. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains In an hour I saw Em'ly immensely busy with two more bantams, leading them about and taking a care of them which I must admit seemed perfectly efficient. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains Em'ly was importantly scratching the soil inside Paladin's corral when the bantam tribe of newly born came by down the lane, and she caught sight of them through the bars. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains These she undertook to appropriate, and assumed a high tone with the bantam, who was the smaller, and hence obliged to retreat with her still numerous family. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains But this other mamma was not a bantam, and in a few moments Em'ly was entirely routed in her attempt to acquire a new variety of family. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains He went speechless across to the bunk-house, by himself, and sat on his bed, while I took the abandoned bantams back to their own circle. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains |
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