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Meanings of midget in английском

португальский
anão
каталонский
nan

A person who is markedly small.

anão

Very small in size.

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Examples for "dwarf"
Examples for "dwarf"
1
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
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
2
U. NANUS.--DwarfGorse, Cat Whin, and Tam Furze.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
Usage of midget in английском
1
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
6
He chucked appreciatively at the midget screwdrivers and things Tom was making.
Four-Day Planet
7
It was expecting too much from life to have a midget threesome.
Assholes finish first
8
And I was like a midget, and I had dinner with her.
The Guardian
9
Surprisingly, it was Mike the midget who said warmly, You got it!
Space Platform
10
The midget Lawyer looked up in Envy at his mastodonic Acquaintance and sighed.
People You Know
11
Turns out it IS possible to do, you just need a cooperative midget.
Assholes finish first
12
A midget is usually suave in manners and not easily embarrassed in public.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
13
A nimble double jointed midget ahead of the others, catching up.
A singular man
14
Adine paused to chuckle a bit at the midget's interest in the recital.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
15
I did not wake up the midget who had made this dreadful thing.
Cat’s Cradle
16
But excitement seemed to follow the circus midget wherever he went.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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Translations for midget
португальский
anãoanã
каталонский
nan
Midget through the time
Midget across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common