midget
Older Use: Disparaging and Offensive. an abnormally small person having normal physical proportions.
any animal or thing that is very small for its kind.
very small or of a class below the usual size.
being a miniature replica or model.
Origin of midget
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Other words from midget
- midg·et·ism, noun
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How to use midget in a sentence
So he would race on these ice flat tracks and then he raced what’s called midgets, which is really just a car with these big tires and big dirt tracks and oval dirt tracks.
Danica Patrick on Why She Never Loved Racing and Her Post-Track Career | Joshua Eferighe | January 30, 2021 | OzySefolosha, who is 6 feet, 7 inches tall, called the cop a “midget.”
New York City Paid an NBA Star Millions After an NYPD Officer Broke His Leg. The Officer Paid Little Price. | by Mike Hayes for ProPublica | January 12, 2021 | ProPublicaThe mass-midget mind was concretized with the very idea that “free thought” means “free stuff.”
Van Dyke Parks on How Songwriters Are Getting Screwed in the Digital Age | Van Dyke Parks | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere, Belfort and his cronies are tossing a “midget” into a target in the center of the office.
The 21 Craziest Moments in ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’: Cocaine-Fueled Orgies and More | Marlow Stern | December 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had worked at the Chicago Rose Fair on the midget orchestra.
Meet Ruth Duccini, a Munchkin From ‘The Wizard of Oz’ | Ramin Setoodeh | March 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Where else would you find a midget on stilts peering into the shadowy corners of a storage locker with night vision equipment?
The midget recovered Alfred's knife from the dust and walked over to the trailer that he noted had a wooden coop of slats aboard.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney"Gillis Station," he called out to the midget who had remained very quiet.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyIt was no doubt a singular sight to the residents to see a midget with six-footers, but it was just that way.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyReappearing with the dead body, he bore it in his huge arms to the stoneboat: a midget carrying a giant.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerTo the midget stuff I thought I would add a few paragraphs about circus people, the different kinds and what they do.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
British Dictionary definitions for midget
/ (ˈmɪdʒɪt) /
a dwarf whose skeleton and features are of normal proportions
something small of its kind
(as modifier): a midget car
Canadian an age level of 16 to 17 in amateur sport, esp ice hockey
Origin of midget
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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