pint-size

[ pahynt-sahyz ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. a variant of pint-sized ( def ).

pint-size

adjective

1. informal.
   very small; tiny

Word History and Origins

Origin of pint-size¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

And why, asked one critic, would Mr. Sunak choose a pint bottle as a prop days after the opposition Labour Party’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, had skewered him in Parliament as a “pint-size loser?”

From New York Times

From "the right honourable landlady" to "pint-size losers", it was a typically punchy session of Prime Minister's Questions - even if it was the deputies at the dispatch box.

From BBC

But with its rambling momentum and quick-witted, almost musical dialogue, it feels less like “Superbad” than a Robert Altman movie, sort of like a pint-size “California Split.”

From New York Times

Her mother held her pint-size daughter in the front row.

From Literature

In the announcement introducing pint-size wine bottles on Wednesday, Britain’s Conservative government boasted that the move was part of the country’s “new Brexit freedoms.”

From New York Times