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Posted By: wwh bant - 01/02/04 11:20 PM

"My foot's gone to sleep," he said.

"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."


Bant
Once very common, this word commemorates a Victorian pioneer of dieting.


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