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munchkin

American  
[muhnch-kin] / ˈmʌntʃ kɪn /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

  1. a small person, especially one who is dwarfish or elfin in appearance.

  2. Informal. a child.

    The munchkins enjoyed holding and feeding the animals in the petting zoo.
munchkin British  
/ ˈmʌntʃkɪn /

noun

  1. informal an undersized person or a child, esp an appealing one

  2. a breed of medium-sized cat with short legs

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Etymology

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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