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
“Many times during that tour, we got to the stage,” Smalls points out, proudly.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
His early music career success included helping launch the careers of Mary J Blige and Christopher Wallace - aka Biggie Smalls, or The Notorious B.I.G.
From BBC • May 4, 2025
Now, with the addition of Arrabelle to the household, the flower boy had a name, Toomer Smalls.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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