Meaning of bant | Babel Free

Definitions

To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet.

archaic, colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“If he is […] gouty, obese, and nervous, we strongly recommend him to ‘bant.’”

“‘I'm so sorry,’ she cried, jumping up. ‘I shall have to bant if I can't break myself of this habit of sitting on gentlemen's knees.’”

“‘I have certainly never banted for the sake of a woman,’ I said jokingly.”

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