pint-size
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pint-size
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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In the 10 short minutes, it fills a pint-size bag.
From Slate ● May 9, 2026
Shoppers find pint-size shopping baskets at the entry, the store’s cases are full of brightly colored products, and T-shirts and sweatshirts line one of the walls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
What he really wanted was the pint-size soccer balls, squishy baseballs, plastic bowling balls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025
“Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado” reminds audiences that the true navigational force behind the pint-size girl was always within her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
The butcher, the stonemason, the sheep farmer, and the schoolmarm: it's as though these figures came in a box along with pint-size storefronts and little stone houses.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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