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Meanings of nanus in English
Synonyms
Examples for "dwarf"
Examples for "dwarf"
1
The island was also home to a dwarf elephant ancestor, for example.
2
Youre a free dwarf now, and every private detective needs a partner.
3
The green dwarf swept the shell expertly against the ledge; leaped out.
4
But Gonzalez's payments dwarf the meager handouts given previous computer crime informants.
5
Yet this was not the best of it; for the dwarf said-
1
The midget said something biting in his peculiarly cracked and brittle voice.
2
That midget Barrett pays the customs people off to avoid the duties.
3
Zinka was a Ukrainian midget, a dancer with the Borzoi Dance Company.
4
But excuse me, said the now jovial midget as he walked away.
5
Why not just get a midget hooker and be done with it?
Usage of nanus in English
1
Dwarfs.-Theword "dwarf" is of Saxon origin (dwerg, dweorg) and corresponds to the "pumilio" or "nanus" of the Romans.
2
U. NANUS.--DwarfGorse, Cat Whin, and Tam Furze.