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hop-o'-my-thumb
[ hop-uh-mahy-thuhm ]
noun
- a very small person, as a dwarf.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hop-o'-my-thumb1
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Example Sentences
She'd wonder why I didn't dictate a letter to some blonde hop-o-my-thumb in some nice quiet hotel.
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.
You know Giles doesn't need thanks for what he does for small people, don't you, Hop-o-my-Thumb?
Do you remember Hop-o-My-Thumb, who hid under the wood-cutters stool and listened to his parents overcome by want?
As you are the smallest, Robineau, you shall be Hop-o-my-Thumb, and steal the seven-leagued boots.
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