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munchkin
[ muhnch-kin ]
/ ˈmʌntʃ kɪn /
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noun (often initial capital letter)
a small person, especially one who is dwarfish or elfin in appearance.
Informal. a child: The munchkins enjoyed holding and feeding the animals in the petting zoo.
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Origin of munchkin
After the Munchkins, a dwarflike race portrayed in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and other fantasy novels
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munchkin
/ (ˈmʌntʃkɪn) /
noun
informal, mainly US an undersized person or a child, esp an appealing one
a breed of medium-sized cat with short legs
Word Origin for munchkin
C20: from the Munchkins, a dwarfish race of people in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
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