weeny
Americannoun
adjective
adjective
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of weeny
First recorded in 1780–90; from wee ( def. ), patterned after teeny ( def. )
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Fields; Theodore Roosevelt, who undermines his Rough Rider persona with a weeny, high voice; and William Howard Taft exhibiting his native Ohio’s warmish “r’s” and open vowels.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
After teeny Herm and weeny Sark, Alderney felt like a metropolis.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2015
Viola Davis, 46, elicited a positive response when she wore her TWA, or "teeny weeny Afro," as the look is known, on the red carpet at the 2012 Academy Awards.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2012
There is a weeny performance element: at midnight the shellsuits hum outside your bedroom and go on humming as they bring cinnamon tea to your bedside.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2012
"Couldn't we stop in and have a teeny, weeny bit of lunch?" she asked, eyeing the lobsters wistfully.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard
“The weenies in white coats are finally calling all the shots,” Ed grouses.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
At the end of the day, Village is still occasionally a tough sit for weenies like me, but the fantastical richness of the world it’s set in helps to make the horror more tolerable.
From Slate ● May 7, 2021
Let’s just say that Windy Gap is not for weenies, with some rocky footing, sheer-and-skinny segments and — toward the top — a blistering sun that slings darts at your tender forehead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2019
We’ll call up Jim and ask him to arbitrate, to tell us whether Washington is full of weenies or whether it is, in fact, actually cold.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2018
“With all his education, mind you. Selling weenies out on the street in the broad daylight.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
But, Uncle Tom, Bunny has been sicker an' sicker, and won't eat anything but the very youngest, weeniest gum leaves, and Aunt Elizabeth says he's a hideous little beast.
From Tom Gerrard by Becke, Louis
Big as he is, he can walk without making the teeniest, weeniest sound.
From The Adventures of Buster Bear by Cady, Harrison
There's a dressed crab—I behaved perfectly, I didn't touch it—and, if all three of you had the weeniest little bit less, there'd be enough for us all.
From The Education of Eric Lane by McKenna, Stephen
She watched him, and decided rightly that he was not sorry the weeniest bit.
From Tommy and Grizel by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
If you ever want to catch a Fox asleep, you mustn't make the teeniest, weeniest noise.
From Old Granny Fox by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
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