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pip⋅squeak

  [pip-skweek]
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–noun Informal.
a contemptibly small or unimportant person; a twerp.
Origin:
1895–1900; pip 4 + squeak
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pip-squeak   (pĭp'skwēk')
n.   Informal
One that is small or insignificant.
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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pipsqueak

  1. n.
    a small or timid man or boy. (Also a term of address.) : Shut up, you little pipsqueak, or I'll hit you.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

pipsqueak 
1910, from the trivial noise a young or weak creature makes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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