midget

  • 11midget — midg|et1 [ˈmıdʒıt] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: midge] 1.) taboo a very offensive word for someone who is very short because their body has not grown normally. Do not use this word. →↑dwarf 2.) BrE informal someone who is not very tall midget 2… …

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  • 12midget — midg|et1 [ mıdʒıt ] noun count 1. ) OLD FASHIONED an adult who has not grown to a normal size. Many people now consider this word offensive and a more polite word is person of restricted growth. 2. ) INFORMAL someone who is short midget midg|et 2 …

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  • 13midget — [[t]mɪ̱ʤɪt[/t]] midgets 1) N COUNT People who are very short are sometimes referred to as midgets. [OFFENSIVE] 2) ADJ: ADJ n Midget is used to describe something which is very small. ...midget submarines …

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  • 14midget — 1. noun the inhabitants must have been midgets Syn: small person, dwarf, homunculus, Lilliputian, gnome, pygmy; informal shrimp 2. adjective 1) a story about midget matadors Syn: diminutive, dwarfish, petite, very small, pygmy; …

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  • 15midget — noun a) A little sand fly. Although tiny and just two winged, midgets can bite you manyfold till you itch all over your unprotected skin b) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge the midget pony Syn …

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  • 16midget — adj. Midget is used with these nouns: ↑submarine …

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  • 17midget — 1 noun (C) 1 a very small person who will never grow tall because there is something wrong with their body 2 BrE informal someone who is not very tall 2 adjective midget car/camera etc a very small car etc …

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  • 18Midget —    The French master in Henry Williamson’s novel of school life, Dandelion Days, habitually addresses boys as ‘miserable midget’. The word is not in general use as a vocative, but this expression is typical of the personal vocative collocations… …

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  • 19Midget Gems — (or Midgetgems) are chewy, firm sweets similar to wine gums. They are manufactured from glucose syrup, sugar, and animal gelatin, mixed with colourings and flavouring. Midget Gems were extremely popular in the North of England and were one of The …

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  • 20Midget Wolgast — Fiche d’identité Nom complet Joseph Robert Loscalzo Nationalité …

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