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Word: bantam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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More fun is afforded by the actions of Lurcher, a sheriff's officer, who has followed the town gallants, Geoffrey Wilder and Harry Sherwood, down from London in the hope of collecting a bill from the former, who, as the nephew of Squire Bantam, is expected to marry the squire's daughter Dorothy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 5/17/1895 | See Source »

Sparring, at the following weights: Heavy, middle (158 lbs.), special (150 lbs.), welter (145 lbs.), light (135 lbs.), special (125 lbs.), bantam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. Winter Meetings. | 2/14/1894 | See Source »

...Bantam, 105 pounds or under...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sparring. | 1/11/1893 | See Source »

Rule 3. Weights to be: bantam, 105 lbs. and under; feather, 115 lbs. and under; light, 135 lbs. and under; welter, 145 lbs. and under; middle, 158 lbs. and under; heavy-weight, 158 lbs. and over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boxing Rules of the H. A. A. | 3/10/1892 | See Source »

...second meeting will occur March 19, and this will be the first ladies' day. The programme will be made up of bantam weight sparring, 115 pounds or under; feather weight sparring; running high jump; contests in tumbling and on the parallel bars, and the two following open events, pole vault and flying rings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winter Meetings. | 2/9/1892 | See Source »

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