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Meanings of little tyrant in English

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Usage of little tyrant in English
1
Siddall has the reputation of being a mean and cruel little tyrant.
The Price She Paid
2
The broken-spirited, old, maternal grandfather was likewise subject to the little tyrant.
Vanity Fair
3
Push again, and I'll be among you, said the infuriated little tyrant.
Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
4
You used to be a terrible little tyrant, Katie,-almostas bad as-
The Precipice: A Novel
5
He rather liked to be ordered about by the little tyrant.
That Fortune
6
Alec pulled his up, but not quickly enough to suit the little tyrant.
Shadows Return
7
Jeffreys' brow darkened as he watched the little tyrant strut off to his class.
A Dog with a Bad Name
8
He laughed at his little tyrant, whose great delight was to ruffle his thick curling hair.
Garman and Worse: A Norwegian Novel
9
The little tyrant, however, was superficially affable.
The Roll-Call
10
If that's the case, then he's nothing but the wretched little tyrant Heinz declares him to be.
Maurice Guest
11
There was something fine about the old villain, once a real Robin Hood, something mean about the little tyrant.
Driftwood Spars / The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Cert...
12
When she took charge of me I was a vain, stupid little tyrant, but she soon made me over.
Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College
13
I got out a cigar and smoked tailor-style on the table, while my little tyrant below kept watch for legs.
Animal Heroes
14
Without mother-love how would the cross-grained, perverse little tyrant ever survive the buffets which the world is sure to give?
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 / Little J...
15
The little tyrant cannot leave the lap of the greater despot; it is impossible to them to maintain themselves by themselves.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
16
The tutor, very hot and flurried, replied to this cruel challenge by saluting the little tyrant and bowing to her sister.
Roger Ingleton, Minor
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