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  • 11Tom Thumb (disambiguation) — Tom Thumb is a diminutive hero of English folklore.Tom Thumb may also refer to:In entertainment: * Tom Thumb (comics), the codename of two Marvel Comics superheroes * tom thumb (film), a 1958 feature film directed by George Pal * The Secret… …

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  • 12Tom thumb (film) — tom thumb is a 1958 US made fantasy musical film directed by George Pal and released by MGM. It was based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm. The lower case lettering in the title was deliberate.It starred Russ Tamblyn in… …

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  • 13Tom Thumb (comics) — Superherobox| caption = Tom Thumb from Supreme Power Art By Gary Frank comic color = background:#ff8080 character name = Tom Thumb publisher = Marvel Comics debut = (712) Avengers #85 (Feb 1971) (31916) Supreme Power #15 creators = Roy Thomas and …

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  • 14Tom Thumb (locomotive) — Infobox Locomotive caption=A replica of Peter Cooper s Tom Thumb,the first American built steam locomotive (ca. 1927) powertype=Steam builder=Peter Cooper builddate=1830 length=13 ft 2¾ in (4 m) cylindersize=5 in dia times; 27 in stroke (127 mm… …

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  • 15Tom Thumb House — Infobox nrhp | name =Tom Thumb House nrhp type = caption = location= Middleborough, Massachusetts lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 55 lat seconds = 16 lat direction = N long degrees = 70 long minutes = 55 long seconds = 8 long direction = W… …

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  • 16Tom Thumb Gallery — The Tom Thumb Gallery, founded in 1998, by Jimmy Kuehnle and Kjell HahnGonzalez, Jackie. [http://media.www.trumanindex.com/media/storage/paper607/news/2007/04/05/Trulife/Gallery.Endorses.Student.Art 2823721.shtml Gallery Endorses Student Art, ]… …

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  • 17Tom Thumb —    This is the English version of an international humorous *fairytale in which a woman s wish to have a son even if he is no bigger than my husband s thumb is literally granted in this case, by *Merlin. Tom receives magic gifts from his… …

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  • 18Tom Thumb — I. /tɒm ˈθʌm/ (say tom thum) noun 1. a diminutive hero of folk tales. 2. a diminutive man; a dwarf. 3. (lower case) a very small cracker (cracker1 def. 2). 4. a small greyish cicada. II. /tɒm ˈθʌm/ (say tom thum) noun a small open boat in which… …

  • 19tom thumb — noun a dwarf variety of a cultivated flower or vegetable. Origin C19: from the name of the hero of a fairy story, who was only as tall as his father s thumb …

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  • 20Tom Thumb — I Australian Slang 1. rum; 2. the drum, inside information II Cockney Rhyming Slang Rum A wee bit of Tom and I m off …

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