midget
noun
an abnormally small person having normal physical proportions.
midgets
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pluralof midget.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He’s won in sprint cars, midgets and trucks, won on a variety of surfaces and rarely seems to take days off.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Jeff Gordon was trading paint in quarter midgets in Northern California 11 years before he was old enough to have a driver’s license.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
“I’ve been a race fan all my life,” said Newman, an Indiana native who started racing quarter midgets when he was 4.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2020
Because his father’s company made racecar parts, Smoker was driving quarter midgets, similar to go-karts, at the age of 5.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2016
And the massive round fruit towered over them so high that they looked like midgets from another world beside it.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
