Meaning & use
Banties
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Small chickens of the bantam breed, or informally, small, high-spirited people or animals; plural of "banty." Chiefly used in American English, especially in rural or Southern speech.
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The banties strutted around the barnyard, pecking at scattered corn.
Grandpa always kept a few banties in the coop alongside the bigger hens.
A note on using this word
"Banty" is an informal American clipping of "bantam," often used for small chicken breeds and sometimes, by extension, for feisty small people.
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bantamsdwarf chickens
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