teeny-weeny

[tee-nee-wee-nee] /ˈti niˈwi ni/

adjective, Baby Talk.

tiny; small.

Origin of teeny-weeny

1875-1880

1875-80; teeny + weeny tiny; see weenie

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Putting her thumb on the top of her little finger, she said, "Oh, I would like so much to have just a teenie-weenie bit of bacon."

Psychotherapy James J. Walsh

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