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tinchy-winchy

tinchy-winchy adjective: very small; tiny; minuscule.

Adjective

tinchy-winchy

  1. (slang) Very small; tiny; minuscule.
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Origin of tinchy-winchy

From tinchy, with w-reduplication. Compare teeny-weeny.

Questions about tinchy-winchy

What does tinchy-winchy mean?
Tinchy-winchy means very small; tiny; minuscule.
What part of speech is tinchy-winchy?
Tinchy-winchy is an adjective.

Words near tinchy-winchy in the dictionary

  1. tinchels
  2. Tincher
  3. Tinchers
  4. Tinches
  5. tinchy
  6. tinchy-winchy
  7. tinclad
  8. tinclads
  9. tincs
  10. tinct
  11. tincted

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