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pint-size

[ pahynt-sahyz ]

adjective

Informal.
  1. a variant of pint-sized ( def ).


pint-size

adjective

  1. informal.
    very small; tiny
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of pint-size1

First recorded in 1935–40
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To address the overpopulation problem, county officials have approved new deals with a local nonprofit to help sterilize and relocate many of the pint-size equines to sanctuaries.

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And why, asked one critic, would Mr. Sunak choose a pint bottle as a prop days after the opposition Labour Party’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, had skewered him in Parliament as a “pint-size loser?â€

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From "the right honourable landlady" to "pint-size losers", it was a typically punchy session of Prime Minister's Questions - even if it was the deputies at the dispatch box.

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But with its rambling momentum and quick-witted, almost musical dialogue, it feels less like “Superbad†than a Robert Altman movie, sort of like a pint-size “California Split.â€

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Her mother held her pint-size daughter in the front row.

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