teeny-weeny

[ tee-nee-wee-nee ]

/ ˈti niˈwi ni /

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adjective Baby Talk.

tiny; small.

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Origin of teeny-weeny

1875–80; teeny + weeny tiny; see weenie

But building 20-foot sculptures out of teeny-tiny Lego bricks can be as tedious as it sounds.
The Michelangelo of Lego Who Quit Law to Play With Toys|Kevin Fallon|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This time, the teeny bopper is Alison Gold, who is forced to sing “Chinese Food.”
Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock Play ‘Chopsticks,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ Parody, and More Viral Videos|Natasha Bach|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Because of the nature of the app—and the teeny, twangy language it employs—Lulu unsurprisingly targets girls on college campuses.
Meet Lulu: An App That Lets Girls Rate Guys Anonymously|Isabel Wilkinson|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And with that, a tray of teeny-tiny chocolate-covered ice-cream cones went round the room.
An Affair to Remember: Diane von Furstenberg Toasts Worldly Women|Abigail Pesta|June 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Even in a teeny-tiny online literary magazine, the editor gets five times as many good pieces as she can use.
22 More Reasons to Stop Writing|Pamela Redmond Satran/Nameberry|March 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
My father is Irish, and if you want to see him get up and strut give him a teeny opening to enlarge on his race.
Freckles|Gene Stratton-Porter
See that big one away up in that perch holding a little teeny, tiny one in its arms just as a woman holds a baby!
Billy Whiskers' Adventures|Frances Trego Montgomery
He jumps onto weeny little babies and feeble old women and—and horses.
West Wind Drift|George Barr McCutcheon
She set a teeny vase in the middle of the table, with two violets in it, and she put dolly table napkins at each place.
The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories|Various
They went to live in a weeny-teeny little yellow house in Bolingbroke.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery