insignificant+person

  • 31nobody — n. 1. No one, no person, not any one, not anybody. 2. Unimportant person, insignificant person, cipher, nonentity …

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  • 32pygmy — n. (also pigmy) (pl. ies) 1 a member of a dwarf people of equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia. 2 a very small person, animal, or thing. 3 an insignificant person. 4 (attrib.) a of or relating to pygmies. b (of a person, animal, etc.) dwarf.… …

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  • 33Pygmy — n. (also pigmy) (pl. ies) 1 a member of a dwarf people of equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia. 2 a very small person, animal, or thing. 3 an insignificant person. 4 (attrib.) a of or relating to pygmies. b (of a person, animal, etc.) dwarf.… …

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  • 34half pint — /haf puynt , hahf / for 1; /haf puynt , hahf / for 2, 3 1. half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter). 2. Informal. a very short person. 3. Slang. a person of little importance or influence. [1605 15] * * * 1.… …

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  • 35bot|tom|feed|er — «BOT uhm FEE duhr», noun. 1. a person who lives at the lowest level of society; poor and insignificant person: »Odets had been one of life s bottomfeeders, living off dimes and dreams as an actor with the Group Theatre (New Yorker). 2. a person… …

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  • 36mutt — noun Etymology: short for muttonhead dull witted person Date: 1899 1. a stupid or insignificant person ; fool 2. a mongrel dog ; cur …

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  • 37dwarf — I. noun (plural dwarfs; also dwarves) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English dwerg, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, dweorh; akin to Old High German twerg dwarf Date: before 12th century 1. a. a person of unusually small stature;… …

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  • 38shrimp — shrimplike, adj. /shrimp/, n., pl. shrimps, (esp. collectively) shrimp for 1, v., adj. n. 1. any of several small, long tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food. 2. Informal. a… …

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  • 39snip — /snip/, v., snipped, snipping, n. v.t. 1. to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like. 2. to remove or cut off (something) by or as by cutting in this manner: to snip a rose. v.i. 3. to cut with… …

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  • 40bowdikite — North Country (Newcastle) Words a corpulent person...(also) applied to a mischievous child, or an insignificant person …

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