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micro-mini, a.
Brit. |ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌmɪni|, U.S. |ˈmaɪkroʊˌmɪni|
[‹ micro- comb. form + mini adj. Compare micro-mini n.1, micro-miniskirt n.]
Extremely small; (of a dress, skirt, etc.) extremely short (cf. micro-miniskirt n.).
1967Frederick (Maryland) Post 26 June 5/6 Some of the girls even are thinking about turning up [to play at Wimbledon] in bloomers—multi-colored—showing slightly below their white dresses. Dresses, of course, will be micro-mini. 1970Times 13 Aug. 12/1 The Fiat, rising 15 years old, is a micro-mini car. 1982Motorhome Apr. 73/1 He doesn't like it to be called a micro mini motorhome, although it seems to resemble that breed of vehicle more closely than it does anything else. 1993N.Y. Times 21 Nov. ix. 1/3 The next day, Naomi Campbell was tugging at the waistband of her Vivienne Westwood micro-mini kilt to show the world that anything Christy could do, so could she. 1998N.Y. Mag. 20 Apr. 48/1 Keehn and partner Russell Steinberg (a.k.a. Johnny Fayva, of the downtown lounge scene) have launched a micro-mini shop on Elizabeth Street, the hot spot of the second. |