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little person

[ lit-l pur-suhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1530–40

How was it possible, I wondered, that I could care for this little person on my own?

“If a little person can fight a bull, he can do anything,” one bullfighting dwarf said of his chosen profession.

The publicist for the film, a little person who answered to the name “JoJo,” approaches Ja Rule with some unfortunate news.

Sir Leo Chiozza Money is ordinarily a chirpy little person, quite able to take care of himself.

If only, I thought, she could sweep her head clear of Adrian, what a fascinating little person she might be.

She looked ill and weak, but seemed a perfectly plucky and determined little person.

I was a very superficial little person; not at all tolerant, very satisfied with myself, and very dissatisfied with others.

A few moments later they returned with a thin, sleepy little person wrapped in a red dressing gown.

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