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hop-o'-my-thumb

[ hop-uh-mahy-thuhm ]

noun

  1. a very small person, as a dwarf.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hop-o'-my-thumb1

First recorded in 1520–30; noun use of imperative phrase hop on my thumb

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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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