Pigmy
['pɪɡmi]
Definition
(n.) See Pygmy.
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Definition
Same as Pygmy.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world but by modern in Central Africa only. The Pigmies are so called to distinguish them from the bulkier Caucasians —who are Hogmies.
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Examples
- What a pigmy intellect she had, and what giant propensities! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He grew small and smaller till he became a bobbing pigmy, away down toward the bottom--then disappeared. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I looked down upon the servants, and one or two friends who were in the house, as if they had been pigmies and I a giant. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He declares that his mighty immaculate pigmies, Gogs or Magogs, the Miss New Times's, or the Misses New Times, shall not read one line of my book! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Little Mowcher would have as much need to live, if she was the bitterest and dullest of pigmies; but she couldn't do it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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