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☆ tad (tad)

noun

  1. a little child, esp. a boy
  2. a small amount, degree, extent, etc.: often used with a and having adverbial force a tad tired

Etymology: prob. < tadpole

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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