munchkin
a small person, especially one who is dwarfish or elfin in appearance.
Informal. a child: The munchkins enjoyed holding and feeding the animals in the petting zoo.
Origin of munchkin
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How to use munchkin in a sentence
“There are very few midgets left today; they are like dinosaurs,” said Steve Cox, the author of The Munchkins of Oz.
Meet Ruth Duccini, a Munchkin From ‘The Wizard of Oz’ | Ramin Setoodeh | March 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNote: There is a Munchkins scene in the new Oz the Great and Powerful, but the actors playing them are dwarfs—not midgets.
Meet Ruth Duccini, a Munchkin From ‘The Wizard of Oz’ | Ramin Setoodeh | March 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAmerica today resembles the land of the Munchkins as it celebrates the death of the Wicked Witch of the East.
Bin Laden Should Have Been Captured, Not Killed | Geoffrey Robertson | May 3, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTNot to mention flying monkeys, munchkins, and lions and tigers and bears, oh my.
"Some Munchkins came here a few days ago and matched a lot of people together," said the kangaroo.
The Emerald City of Oz | L. Frank Baum
Before them stood a little man about the same size as the Munchkins.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank BaumEvidently the Munchkins were good farmers and able to raise large crops.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank BaumHer tears seemed to grieve the kind-hearted Munchkins, for they immediately took out their handkerchiefs and began to weep also.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank BaumThe Munchkins and the Witch first looked at one another, and then at Dorothy, and then shook their heads.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum
British Dictionary definitions for munchkin
/ (ˈmʌntʃkɪn) /
informal, mainly US an undersized person or a child, esp an appealing one
a breed of medium-sized cat with short legs
Origin of munchkin
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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