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munch⋅kin

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–noun (often initial capital letter)
a small person, esp. one who is dwarfish or elfin in appearance.
Origin:
after the Munchkins, a dwarflike race portrayed in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and other fantasy novels
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munch·kin   (mŭnch'kĭn)   
n.  

  1. A very small person.

  2. Informal A child.

  3. Informal A minor official.


[After the Munchkins, characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
munchkin [ˈməntʃkən]

  1. n.
    a small or insignificant person. : You're not going to let that munchkin push you around, are you?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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munchkin
/muhnch'kin/ [Squeaky-voiced little people in L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz"] A teenage-or-younger micro enthusiast hacking BASIC or something else equally constricted. A term of mild derision - munchkins are annoying but some grow up to be hackers after passing through a larval stage. The term urchin is also used. See also wannabee, bitty box.
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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