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
And by forming the Little Entente of Czechoslovakia, Yugo-Slavia and Rumania, he has made himself a Little Corporal among European diplomats.
From Time Magazine Archive
The "Little Corporal" has come back; and many people inside and outside of Russia wondered if it was to be a Waterloo or an Austerlitz.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sure, us women have our little victories—until the legions come or the Little Corporal draws up his artillery or the Panzers roar down the road.
From The Big Time by Leiber, Fritz
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