munchkin
/ˈmʌn(t)ʃkɪn
/noun North American informal
A child or short person.Work's over, the boss is off my back, and the munchkins are out of school....
- All of which should distract them from the fact that they're hauling the little munchkins back to school tomorrow.
- Will he return the money to the munchkins and stop exploiting the children?
Origin
From the Munchkins, depicted as a race of small childlike creatures, in L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).
- nitrobenzoic acid
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- nitro-BT
- nitrocalcite
- nitrocellulose
- nitrochalk
- nitro-compound
- nitrocotton
- nitro-derivative
- nitroethane
- nitroform
- nitrofuran
- nitrofurantoin
- nitrofurazone
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- nitrogenated
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- nitrogen dioxide
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