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Little Men

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noun

  1. a novel (1871) by Louisa May Alcott.


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One could easily identify the many Little Men in our midst by name, but it would be petty, catty and tasteless to do so, even if that would extricate us from charges of unsupported generalization.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2023

Many took advantage of space’s romantic potential, as one can hear in songs like Roosevelt Sykes’ “Satellite Baby” and Ella Fitzgerald’s “Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer.”

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2019

Little Men and Jo's Boys follow the lives of the dozen boys Jo and her husband Professor Bhaer teach at their school.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2018

Little Men looks to be a shift for the film-maker as it centers on a teenager’s coming of age in Brooklyn.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2016

On my own I found Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and my sister Geraldine gave me a copy of Little Men.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

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