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单词 tom thumb
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Tom Thumb

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noun

a diminutive hero of folk tales.
an extremely small person; dwarf.
General, nickname of Charles Sherwood Stratton.

Words nearby Tom Thumb

Tompkins, Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of, Tomsk, tomtate, Tom Thumb, tomtit, tom-tom, -tomy, to my mind, ton
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British Dictionary definitions for Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

noun

General, stage name of Charles Stratton. 1838–83, US midget, exhibited in P. T. Barnum's circus
a dwarf; midget

Word Origin for Tom Thumb

after Tom Thumb, the tiny hero of several English folk tales
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

A thumb-sized hero of children's stories from the sixteenth century on.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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