hop-o'-my-thumb

[ hop-uh-mahy-thuhm ]

/ ˈhɒp ə maɪˈθʌm /

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noun

a very small person, as a midget or dwarf.

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Origin of hop-o'-my-thumb

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

“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
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So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
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This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.
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I asked her how her trainers, born and raised in Iran, have learned how to teach hip-hop.
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She attends hip-hop and belly dance classes (known as Arabic dance in Iran) just to shine more at parties.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
D'o l'on peut aussy veoir, quelle esperance il y a de planter une belle chrestient par tels evangelistes.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
What more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?
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The Kangaroo can hop and hop and hop; Somehow he never seems to want to stop.
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