Smalls

American  

[smawlz] / smɔlz /

noun

1. Robert, 1839–1915, U.S. captain in the Union navy and politician, born into slavery in South Carolina: congressman 1875–79, 1882–87.

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Example Sentences

The New Yorker then landed a job with the underground hip-hop radio show, “The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show,” which has been credited with introducing audiences to artists such as Biggie Smalls, Eminem, Jay-Z, the Wu-Tang Clan and the Fugees.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Booker recounts how Robert Smalls ingeniously snuck a boat with both fellow slaves and arms past a Confederate blockade.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Revolutionary Guard can “potentially still deploy smalls boats, mines, drones, and missiles to compel insurers and shipping companies to avoid the waterway until the cessation of hostilities,” the RBC strategists said of the vitally important Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch

The Bradford-born singer also revealed his father was a "massive" fan of Biggie Smalls and he would blast songs by the US rapper loudly so the whole street could hear.

From BBC

Wallace, the son of Biggie Smalls and singer Faith Evans, sued Hay for defamation in a Florida federal court last week, calling Hay’s recent interviews “a calculated smear campaign” that included false statements that he attended Combs’ so-called freak-off parties and “conspired to lure Hay to a location where Combs purportedly assaulted him.”

From Los Angeles Times