hop-o'-my-thumb

[ hop-uh-mahy-thuhm ]

noun
  1. a very small person, as a dwarf.

Origin of hop-o'-my-thumb

1
First recorded in 1520–30; noun use of imperative phrase hop on my thumb

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How to use hop-o'-my-thumb in a sentence

  • She'd wonder why I didn't dictate a letter to some blonde hop-o-my-thumb in some nice quiet hotel.

    Mixed Faces | Roy Norton
  • Joe heard Lucy, ahead of him, saying it reminded her of the woods that Hop-o-my-thumb and his 152 brother got lost in.

    Boy Scouts in Glacier Park | Walter Prichard Eaton
  • You know Giles doesn't need thanks for what he does for small people, don't you, Hop-o-my-Thumb?

    A Pilgrim Maid | Marion Ames Taggart
  • Do you remember Hop-o-My-Thumb, who hid under the wood-cutters stool and listened to his parents overcome by want?

    Insect Adventures | J. Henri Fabre
  • As you are the smallest, Robineau, you shall be Hop-o-my-Thumb, and steal the seven-leagued boots.