Smalls
Americannoun
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Mr. Booker recounts how Robert Smalls ingeniously snuck a boat with both fellow slaves and arms past a Confederate blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
DiBergi finds Tufnel working as a cheesemonger in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Smalls as the proprietor of London glue museum and St Hubbins living in Los Angeles making answering machine jingles.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
They’re happier reminiscing about the band’s early days, when childhood chums St. Hubbins and Tufnel first formed as the Thamesmen, later bringing on Smalls.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
Early in his career, he helped launch the careers of Mary J Blige and Christopher Wallace - aka Biggie Smalls, or the Notorious B.I.G.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
Ben answered the phone and heard the voice of Arrabelle Smalls frayed with hysteria and almost unintelligible as she wept and tried to speak at the same time.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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