Small chickens or other small things; also a boxing weight class for smaller fighters.
From Bantam, a port city in Java, Indonesia, where these small chickens were originally bred and exported. The term generalized to mean anything small.
Bantams proved that size doesn't determine value—these small chickens lay reliable eggs and inspired a boxing weight class that celebrates lightweight fighters.
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