“thumbling”的英文意思

单词

thumbling

释义

thumbling|ˈθʌmlɪŋ|
[f. thumb n. + -ling: cf. Ger. däumling in same sense.]
A diminutive being; a dwarf, pigmy; a Tom Thumb or Hop-o'-my-thumb.
1867Contemp. Rev. Oct. 50 Thumblings and Fingerlings whom the Pygmies have enslaved.1879M. D. Conway Demonol. I. ii. vi. 163 The skill with which some little Jack or Thumbling overcomes his adversary.1884Marg. B. Peeke in Chicago Advance 26 June, It was well for the little thumbling that he did not see the smile on his sister's and brother's faces.

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