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Word: Munchkin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1930s (as adjective meaning ‘resembling a child, designed for children’): from the Munchkins, depicted as a race of small childlike creatures, in L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmʌn(t)ʃkɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a child or short person
Short Definition:child or short person
Examples:- teachers are there to greet your little munchkins in the morning
- they have two adorable munchkins, a daughter and a son
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