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munchkin definition

☆ munch·kin (munc̸h′kin)

noun

  1. an imaginary being having a small human form and a dutiful, amiable, innocuous nature
  2. a person who keeps busy doing things that are often unimportant, unnecessary, or annoying

Etymology: coined in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, novel (1900) by L(yman) Frank Baum

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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