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Runty

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runt  (rnt)
n.
1. An undersized animal, especially the smallest animal of a litter.
2. Offensive A short person.
[Origin unknown.]
runti·ness n.
runty adj.
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Adj.1.runty - well below average height
pint-size, pint-sized, 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"
2.runty - (used especially of persons) of inferior size
shrimpy, puny
little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"


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We are going to take your governments, your palaces, and all your purpled ease away from you, and in that day you shall work for your bread even as the peasant in the field or the starved and runty clerk in your metropolises.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
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