Lilliput
Americannoun
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Something “lilliputian” (lil-i-pyooh-shuhn) is very small. The expression is especially appropriate for a miniature version of something.
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And it is in part to show the world that Liechtenstein is not Lilliput that it has just sent the Metropolitan Museum of Art the largest exhibition ever mounted by that institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
From the ashes of Morey’s proposed book came “Small Ball,” about a small team with big basketball dreams set on the fictional Lilliput island out of “Gulliver’s Travels.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
The figures are as small as Jorge Flores’s eyeballs as he peers into the window of the barbershop, like Gulliver in the land of Lilliput.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
Mr Griffiths of Lilliput Services says that whatever happens, change is coming to the industry.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2021
I really can’t get over how similar it is to Robinson Crusoe at times, especially when he’s on the ship to Lilliput.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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