teensy-weensy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of teensy-weensy
Alteration of teeny-weeny; -sy
Example Sentences
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I ain’t teensy-weensy, but I think I’m regular.
From Time • Nov. 1, 2014
It can get, at times, a teensy-weensy bit too icky-wicky, but their projects are redeemed by the quality with which they build.
From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2011
The first one read just a teensy-weensy bit like a boast, Milktooth.
From The Guardian • May 27, 2010
What if each tiny effigy were wearing a teensy-weensy lapel flag?
From Time Magazine Archive
She was cutting one of the apples we had just gotten at the farmers’ market into teensy-weensy bites so I could eat it.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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