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单词 thumbling
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Definition of thumbling in English:

thumbling

noun ˈθʌmlɪŋ
  • A very small person or fictional being.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When Tom is identified as a thumbling, he has been speaking to a dragonfly larva also about to undergo a metamorphosis.
    • Later the thumbling flies to Africa aboard a stork.
    • A thief steals the oxen and, hearing the thumbling's angry voice, takes him to be a ghost.
    • It was well for the little thumbling that he did not see the smile on his sister's and brother's faces.
    • A thumbling stepped out of the bushes into the tiny clearing around the tree in which they hid.
    Synonyms
    very small person, person of restricted growth

Origin

Mid 19th century: from thumb + -ling.

 
 
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