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pet·it also pet·ty  (pt)
adj. Law
Lesser; minor.
[Middle English, from Old French.]
petit [ˈpɛtɪ]
adj
(Law) (prenominal) Chiefly law of little or lesser importance; small petit jury
[from Old French: little, of obscure origin]
Petit (French) [pəti]
n
(Biographies / Petit, Roland (1924 M, French, DANCE: ballet dancer, DANCE: choreographer) Roland (rɔlɑ̃). born 1924, French ballet dancer and choreographer. His innovative ballets include Carmen (1949), Kraanerg (1969), and The Blue Angel (1985); he also choreographed films, such as Anything Goes (1956) and Black Tights (1960)


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Just after breakfast he said to me in so many words, Je crois que Veslovsky fait un petit brin de cour a Kitty.
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