teensy-weensy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of teensy-weensy
Alteration of teeny-weeny; see -sy
Example Sentences
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I ain’t teensy-weensy, but I think I’m regular.
From Time ● Nov. 1, 2014
It can get, at times, a teensy-weensy bit too icky-wicky, but their projects are redeemed by the quality with which they build.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2011
The first one read just a teensy-weensy bit like a boast, Milktooth.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2010
What if each tiny effigy were wearing a teensy-weensy lapel flag?
From Time Magazine Archive
He said in a high-pitched voice, like a teensy-weensy kind of voice, “Ooooooh! Observe the remarkable verdure! Little friend, I am master of all I survey.”
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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