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
Adolf Hitler gazed down at the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte, another "Little Corporal" whose star had soared to a zenith equaled only by his own before it sputtered and plunged.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boyer plays the Little Corporal in the manner every actor under five feet ten has always dreamt of playing him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The enthusiasm of the soldiers invested him with supernatural endowments, and every one was ready at any moment to peril life for the Little Corporal.
From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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