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Meanings of runt in English

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Pigeon breed.

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pigeon breed

Disparaging terms for small people.

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Usage of runt in English
1
It isn't much compared to an angel, even one that's a runt.
Angelfall
2
Richard, the youngest of all, is the dark-haired runt of the litter.
The white queen
3
They were surrounded by the wrenched shapes of runt banyans and cow-parsley.
Perdido Street Station
4
Improbably, the runt had survived, but it was not long for this world.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
5
He has no intention of being under the thumb of this little runt.
The blood spilt
6
It's like he's a harmless little runt fighting for the teat.
Something wicked
7
The runt wasn't just wandering around-he was looking for his stick!
Starcraft ii: heaven's devils
8
Not only is he dirty and spotty and inarticulate, but he's a runt!
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
9
Your shit-fed runt escaped through your incompetence, and liberated its siblings.
Perdido Street Station
10
He was the littlest runt I think I'd ever seen.
Boy's Life
11
Even that runt Alun is better than them, Talon thought.
The Wyrmling Horde
12
In the full sun of dawn Cutter saw runt trees.
Iron Council
13
But it was the runt who was obviously the attacker.
Tell me, pretty maiden
14
Now the sorcerer runt knows that he's got the kid.
Spitting off tall buildings
15
He looked like the runt from a litter of runts.
The devil wears plaid
16
He should have wrapped the runt in a big hug.
Forge of Darkness
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Runt through the time
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Runt across language varieties
United States of America
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