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Banting|ˈbæntɪŋ|
Name of a London cabinet-maker, whose method of reducing corpulence by avoiding fat, starch, and sugar in food, was published and much discussed in the year 1864. Hence Bantingism, Bantingize v., and, Banting being humorously treated as a vbl. n., the vb. to bant.
1864Reader No. 91. 392/1 A few observations on Bantingism. 1864Times 12 Aug. 4 The Classics seemed to have undergone a successful course of Banting. 1865Pall Mall G. 12 June 9 If he is..gouty, obese, and nervous, we strongly recommend him to ‘bant.’ 1881Echo 24 June, There are fewer persons ‘Bantingised’ in America than in England. 1883Knowledge 27 July 49/2 Bantingism excludes beer, butter, and sugar. |