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littlie

littlie noun: a small person or child.

Noun

littlie (plural littlies)

  1. (colloquial) A small person or child.
    • ‘Terrible hard job it was ta leave im, that time I took the two littlies up.’1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics, published 2012, page 55
    • Auntie Marg was down from Magnet and me and Lee played cricket out the back with the littlies to get some air and keep them busy.2018, Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut, Picador UK Paperback edition 2018, p. 114

Forms of littlie

plurallittlies

Origin of littlie

From little + -ie.

Questions about littlie

What does littlie mean?
Littlie means a small person or child.
What part of speech is littlie?
Littlie is a noun.
What is the plural of littlie?
The plural of littlie is littlies.

Words near littlie in the dictionary

  1. Littlewood
  2. Littlewood's law
  3. Littlewoods
  4. Littleworth
  5. Littleworths
  6. littlie
  7. littlies
  8. littling
  9. littlings
  10. littlish
  11. littlun

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