Tom Thumb
a diminutive hero of folk tales.
an extremely small person; dwarf.
General, nickname of Charles Sherwood Stratton.
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How to use Tom Thumb in a sentence
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.
Only Six Books: Excerpt From Jeanette Winterson’s New Memoir | Jeanette Winterson | March 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSo the woodman at last agreed to sell Tom Thumb to the strangers for a large piece of gold.
The Book of Fables and Folk Stories | Horace E. ScudderWithin a month after their arrival they purchased a small boat about eight feet in length, which they christened the Tom Thumb.
History of Australia and New Zealand | Alexander SutherlandSome of the mock similes in "Tom Thumb" are among the most familiar things in literature.
A Book of Burlesque | Willam Davenport AdamsNot even the transformed "Tom Thumb" could be called an effective reductio ad absurdum of the Italian opera of those days.
A Book of Burlesque | Willam Davenport Adams
The burlesque contained within the pages of "Tom Thumb" covers a considerable field.
A Book of Burlesque | Willam Davenport Adams
British Dictionary definitions for Tom Thumb
General, stage name of Charles Stratton. 1838–83, US midget, exhibited in P. T. Barnum's circus
a dwarf; midget
Origin of Tom Thumb
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Tom Thumb
A thumb-sized hero of children's stories from the sixteenth century on.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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