pint-size

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pint-size

pint-sized

adj

informal very small; tiny

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pint′-size`

or pint′-sized`,

adj.

small in size.

[1935–40]

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Adj.

pint-size - well below average height

pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"

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pint-size

[ˈpaɪntsaɪz] pint-sized [ˈpaɪntsaɪzd] ADJ → diminuto, pequeñito

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pint-size(d)

adj (inf) → stöpselig (inf), → knirpsig (inf); a pint-size boxer → ein Knirps m → von einem Boxer; a pint-size company → eine Zwergfirma

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pint-size

[ˈpaɪntˌsaɪz] pint-sized [ˈpaɪntˌsaɪzd] adj → minuscolo/a
he's a pint-sized version of his father → è suo padre in versione ridotta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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