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Meanings of dwarf in английском

португальский
anão
каталонский
nan

A person who is markedly small.

anão
португальский
anão
каталонский
gnom

A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure.

anão
Синонимы
Examples for "midget"
Examples for "midget"
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The midget said something biting in his peculiarly cracked and brittle voice.
Space Platform
2
That midget Barrett pays the customs people off to avoid the duties.
Acts of faith
3
Zinka was a Ukrainian midget, a dancer with the Borzoi Dance Company.
Cat’s Cradle
4
But excuse me, said the now jovial midget as he walked away.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
5
Why not just get a midget hooker and be done with it?
Assholes finish first
1
Dwarfs.-Theword "dwarf" is of Saxon origin (dwerg, dweorg) and corresponds to the "pumilio" or "nanus" of the Romans.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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U. NANUS.--DwarfGorse, Cat Whin, and Tam Furze.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs

Make appear small by comparison.

Usage of dwarf in английском
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The island was also home to a dwarf elephant ancestor, for example.
BBC
2
Youre a free dwarf now, and every private detective needs a partner.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
3
The green dwarf swept the shell expertly against the ledge; leaped out.
The Moon Pool
4
But Gonzalez's payments dwarf the meager handouts given previous computer crime informants.
Wired
5
Yet this was not the best of it; for the dwarf said-
The Prince and the Pauper
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But the vanity of the dwarf prevented the execution of the plan.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction
7
The case over mobile network equipment makers would dwarf that in size.
Reuters
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The dwarf rotated his jaws, warming them up for the work ahead.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
9
Indeed, it must be such as to dwarf even those natural giants.
Last and First Men
10
Before, you said that you weren't supposed to talk about the dwarf.
The Elephant Vanishes
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He's a dwarf-oneof the true dwarves, not just a short human.
The witch queen
12
There was wonderful virtue in the remedy used by the dwarf Indian.
Deerfoot in The Mountains
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Expensive watches would only be the first victims of our dwarf's distemper.
Futures 1
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Stage effects dwarf Ed Sheeran on the Pyramid stage.
The Guardian
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Yet the lioness kills my cousin and the dwarf kills the lioness.
The Ancient Allan
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At the call of the dwarf the warriors gathered around Sir Siegfried.
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
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Translations for dwarf
португальский
anãoanãgnomo
каталонский
nangnom
Dwarf through the time
Dwarf across language varieties
Canada
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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