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TOM THUMB

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A very small person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tom Thumb" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An imaginary hero of English folklore who was no taller than his father's thumb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

imaginary being; imaginary creature (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)

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