Little Corporal
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A local innkeeper cooked him such a scrumptious scramble that the next day, the Little Corporal requested that all the eggs in the village be gathered and made into a whopping omelet for his soldiers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023
"The Six Thatchers," the first episode of the new season, is partly based on Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons," with busts of Britain's Iron Lady replacing those of France's Little Corporal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2016
Boyer plays the Little Corporal in the manner every actor under five feet ten has always dreamt of playing him.
From Time Magazine Archive
But not even the Duke of Wellington, who was born in the same year as Napoleon, nor George Washington have ever attained that universality of fame which belongs to the Little Corporal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Little Corporal, must I prostrate myself before him? must I touch the ground with my forehead?
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm
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