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teeny

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tee⋅ny

  [tee-nee]
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–adjective, -ni⋅er, -ni⋅est.
tiny.
Origin:
1815–25; b. tiny and wee
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tee·ny   (tē'nē)   
adj.   tee·ni·er also teen·si·er, tee·ni·est also teen·si·est Informal
Tiny.

[Alteration of tiny.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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teenie

and teeny
  1. n.
    a sixteenth. (Securities markets. From sixteenth. One sixteenth of a point in a stock price. See also steenth.) : It's going at three and two teenies at the moment.
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

teeny 
1825, alteration of tiny. Alternate form teensy is attested from 1899.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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