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what a small world

what a small world is the alternative form of it's a small world.

Meaning of it's a small world

Phrase

it's a small world

  1. Used to express surprise at meeting an acquaintance or discovering a personal connection in a distant place or an unexpected context.
    • “I have met my young photographer,” said De Stancy, cheerily. “What a small world it is, as every busybody truly observes! I am wishing he could take some views for us as we go on; but you have no apparatus with you, I suppose, Mr. Dare?”1880–1881, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day. […], volume III, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1881, →OCLC...

Questions about what a small world

What is what a small world the alternative form of?
What a small world is the alternative form of it's a small world.

Words near what a small world in the dictionary

  1. whasup
  2. what
  3. what a lovely day
  4. what a pity
  5. what a shame
  6. what a small world
  7. what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
  8. what a way to go
  9. what about
  10. what about the children
  11. what am I bid

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