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Значения термина pip-squeak на английском

Someone who is small and insignificant.

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        Examples for "squirt"
        Examples for "squirt"
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        Whatever you do, don't forget a generous squirt of the local mustard.
        News.com.au
        2
        Her manager judged of her excellently; she certainly sang like a squirt.
        Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
        3
        He stopped abruptly, and a squirt of laughter burst from the butcher.
        The King's Achievement
        4
        The divers squirt the toxin in the reef to stun the fish.
        Reuters
        5
        Also forcible, impressibly forcible-withthe force of a squirt of tobacco juice.
        The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
        1
        The message is clear: Nunavut is not the place for small fry.
        Reuters
        2
        Oh, of course it isn't practical to bother about the small fry.
        Childhood's End
        3
        The small fry, startled out of caution, were tittering in hysterical excitement.
        The Dark House
        4
        This small fry I take to be the top of their fishery.
        The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
        5
        But the small fry, such as you, will not get a shilling.
        Framley Parsonage
        Использование термина pip-squeak на английском
        1
        Little pip-squeak, I shall wallop his scrawny hide to ribbons.
        Soulless
        2
        Listen, you little pip-squeak, I am coming down there.
        Blue Moon
        3
        You scared of that pip-squeak?
        The Maze Runner
        4
        He measured and remeasured it in his laboratory weekly, but it persisted, a pip-squeak of a number that wouldn't go away.
        The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
        5
        The "pip-squeak" is a shell that starts with a silly "pip", goes on with a sillier "squeeeeee", and goes off with a man's-size bang.
        A Yankee in the Trenches
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        "Arrogant little pip-squeak, that one," my father said, watching Victor disappear down the road.
        The Good Daughters
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        "Okay," Jack says, wishing he could strangle this irritating pip-squeak, "let's move a step up the administrative ladder, shall we?
        Black house
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