"bant" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from banting.",
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          "ref": "1865 June 12, Pall Mall Gazette:",
          "text": "If he is […] gouty, obese, and nervous, we strongly recommend him to ‘bant.’",
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          "ref": "1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 70, in Of Human Bondage:",
          "text": "‘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.’",
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          "text": "‘I have certainly never banted for the sake of a woman,’ I said jokingly.",
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        "To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet."
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        "(colloquial, now rare) To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet."
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        "(slang) Clipping of banter."
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