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Tom Thumb
noun
- a diminutive hero of folk tales.
- an extremely small person; dwarf.
- General, nickname of Charles Sherwood Stratton.
Tom Thumb
noun
- Tom Thumb, General18381883MUSMISC: midget General, stage name of Charles Stratton. 1838–83, US midget, exhibited in P. T. Barnum's circus
- a dwarf; midget
Tom Thumb
- A thumb-sized hero of children's stories from the sixteenth century on.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Tom Thumb1
after Tom Thumb, the tiny hero of several English folk tales
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Example Sentences
I used to feel so hopeless that I was like Tom Thumb who has to hide under a chair so as not to be trodden on.
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So the woodman at last agreed to sell Tom Thumb to the strangers for a large piece of gold.
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Within a month after their arrival they purchased a small boat about eight feet in length, which they christened the Tom Thumb.
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Some of the mock similes in "Tom Thumb" are among the most familiar things in literature.
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Not even the transformed "Tom Thumb" could be called an effective reductio ad absurdum of the Italian opera of those days.
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The burlesque contained within the pages of "Tom Thumb" covers a considerable field.
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