hop o\' my thumb

[hop-uh-mahy-thuhm]

hop-o'-my-thumb

[hop-uh-mahy-thuhm]
noun
a very small person, as a midget or dwarf.

Origin:
1520–30; noun use of imperative phrase hop on my thumb
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Hop o' my thumb is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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