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munch·kin (m

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1. A very small person.

2. Informal A child.

3. Informal A minor official.

[After the Munchkins, characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.]

munchkin [ˈmʌntʃkɪn]

1. Informal chiefly US an undersized person or a child, esp an appealing one

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a breed of medium-sized cat with short legs

[from the Munchkins, a dwarfish race of people in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)]

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