little-bitty

[ lit-l-bit-ee ]

adjectiveInformal.

Origin of little-bitty

1900–05, Amer.; little bit + -y²

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Carrey sings: "You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."
"Hee-Haw": Jim Carrey Mocks Gun Lovers & Charlton Heston In Spoof | Anna Klassen | March 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
OR the Koran can be shredded… into little bitty pieces, destroyed, shredded.
Terry Jones: How the Mad Pastor Oozed Back | Leon Dische Becker | April 2, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Like I say, he was such a little bitty fellow, and after she moved away we lost track of them.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Let me see that picture of that little bitty guy, that weasel before.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
I was a little bitty old fellow with a little sack hangin' at my side.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 | Work Projects Administration

Little bitty mules pulled 'em 'long and sometimes dey had a right hard time draggin' dem big old cars through mud and bad weather.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves | Work Projects Administration
It tuk two or three days to set up de loom 'cause dere was so many little bitty threads to be threaded up.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 | Work Projects Administration

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