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little people

[ lit-l pee-puhl ]

plural noun

  1. (in folklore) small, imaginary beings, as elves, fairies, or leprechauns.
  2. the common people, especially workers, small merchants, or the like, who lead conventional, presumably unremarkable lives.


little people

plural noun

  1. folklore small supernatural beings, such as elves, pixies, or leprechauns
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of little people1

First recorded in 1720–30
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Example Sentences

These are worrying about these little people I brought into the world who I would die for lines.

It’s been my observation that children overall have adapted very well to wearing masks, and kids are resilient little people.

I mean, it’s a lot of loss of voice when we see how little people have voted in the past.

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And none of that really matters in the end because they grow up to be their own little people.

Today, little people continue to be used for entertainment in ways that draw condemnation around the world.

Initiate a dialogue about how we are all kind of like little people, if you think about it, at least compared to the One Percent.

MGM had set up a little restaurant strictly for the little people.

“There are all these little people causing problems, and we are trying to stop them,” Halawany said.

He was continually presenting innumerable imaginary fivers to little people.

But before steamboats and great mills were on the streams, the Little People were there.

Morning Star called to the Little People and begged them not to let all the fish go.

She put out her hand to take them from the Little People,—and not a fish, nor a Jo gah oh was to be seen.

Soon a band of strange Little People gathered about her, to comfort her.

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