'bantam' is a perfectly acceptable word in written English.
It is an adjective meaning very small, and can be used to describe anything from a size or stature to a person's personality. For example, you could say: "My bantam dog is the cutest thing I have ever seen".
At £30 for three courses, this is superb value for such a high standard of cooking – the smoked bantam yolk with salt-baked kohlrabi was a standout from our meal – and you get the full Claridge's experience without the extravagant price-tag.
Pitted roads are being relaid; smart new hotels will house an expected influx of 5,000 delegates.In this section Death and disintegration all round A bouncy bantam Shades of black Coming in from the jungle, maybe Not fit for a queen Reprints Related items Uganda and Sudan: Coming in from the jungle, maybeSep 7th 2006But the boda-boda is likely to be a casualty of this vast civic spring-clean.
The $100m it has so far spent on relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina includes a $17.5m grant to New Orleans's Xavier University, which serves mostly black Americans.In this section Death and disintegration all round A bouncy bantam Shades of black Coming in from the jungle, maybe Not fit for a queen ReprintsYet Qatar is hardly beholden to the superpower.
In almost every respect it is managing, as the diplomatic jargon goes, to punch far above its bantam weight.In this section He'll do it his way More powerful than ever Hamas versus the United Nations Open that border Failing to deliver Correction: Meles Zenawi Reprints Related items Al Jazeera: More powerful than everMay 27th 2010The reason for this happy state of affairs is fourfold.
Gallinules occur in temperate, tropical, and subtropical regions worldwide and are about the size of bantam hens but with a compressed body like the related rails and coots.
The American Poultry Association lists 17 domesticated breeds, divided into four classes: heavy, medium, lightweight, and bantam.
The bantam behaviour of people online also may explain in part why men were not completely put off by 'aaroncarterfan'.
Ham and eggs Serves 4 I've used pheasant eggs, which are in season until June, or you could use quail or bantam eggs.
He is the hardest-punching super bantam in the world," he said.
He is a short, plump man with a mustache, who walks with the darting movements of a bantam cock and has a remarkably high voice, almost like a woman's, which at moments of excitement rises to the falsetto of a phonograph record played at the wrong speed.
In a family photograph, he is sitting astride a bench outside the garage door, in Maine, while he stirs up a dish of mash for his bantam hens.
