单词 | a shrimp of a |
释义 | > as lemmasa shrimp of a b. a shrimp of a —: a diminutive, a very minute or tiny —. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > thing small of its kind decimo-sexto1594 diminutive1609 toy1665 a shrimp of aa1774 bantam1787 pygmy1838 yarkera1842 baby1847 smidgen1952 a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 198 By continual ruminating upon this little shrimp of a possibility. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. v. 79 If it bears me, it will not condescend to bend at your shrimp of a carcass. 1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag 258 A little shrimp of a fellow named Fisher. < as lemmas |
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