The dullest head in the family had a joke upon him; and there is no one that likes less to be Bantered than an absolute joker.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
The plate was passed round to me, and I was allowed, without being further Bantered, to discuss the viands placed under my nose, which I did with a good appetite.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
"Of course," he Bantered.
"Garrison's Finish A Romance of the Race-Course"
W. B. M. Ferguson