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midget (mijit)

noun

  1. a person who is much smaller than average, with head, limbs, and trunk proportionate to each other in size
  2. anything very small of its kind

Etymology: dim. of midge

adjective

very small of its kind; miniature

midget Synonyms

midget

n.

midget Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: I'd had a Midget for many years, but the B GT was something more.
  • drive: The roll-bar is removable, although I would not advise anyone to drive a Midget without one.
  • include: There were rows and rows of MGs from early Bs through Limited Editions including Midgets.

Preposition: in

suit: I believe that Hemingway didn't really run with the bulls, just midgets in bull suits.

Adjective modifier

  • little: She moved to Rachel's in West Midlands, and she is a happier little midget now.
  • mental: I had to listen to mental midgets whining about the threat or Polish plumbers, Czech carpenters and Moldovan mechanics.
  • moral: The most vociferous among them, however, are ' intellectual and moral midgets ' .
  • new: Glorious sunshine saw us off from Reigate Hill, with this being the first outing for Geoff's new re-shelled Midget.
  • male: The Munchkins were made up of 90 male midgets and 34 female midgets.
  • white: The lowest score was by Peter Manning in the blue & white Midget with Bill Bennett in his J2 not far behind.

Modifies a noun

  • submarine: She was even attacked by british midget submarines on th 23rd September 1943.
  • gem: Original Lions wine gums, Lions midget gems, Lions fruit salad contain high quality gelatine, resulting in the best quality gums.
  • recorder: Both pictures, and that of the midget recorder, courtesy Chris Owen.
  • ganglion: At this eccentricity, three midget bipolar cells synapse with the midget ganglion cell.
  • nun: Dopey raises his hand once more, " Father, are there any midget nuns in the world?
  • jump: How good a workers per month for four aces sequenced midget jumps.

Noun used with modifier

  • circus: It has just been reported that miniature fighter planes piloted by specially trained circus midgets, have flown several shorties against Iraq today.
  • book: Best wishes, Ludo 32: Isabel Hunt - Saturday 7 th October, 2000 I loved your book Midget.
  • combat: He has with him a spiritual warding stone and a combat midget.

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