Tiny Tim

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English

Bob Cratchit holding Tiny Tim.

Proper noun

Tiny Tim (plural Tiny Tims)

  1. A poor disabled boy whose death is ultimately averted by Ebenezer Scrooge in the classic tale A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
    • 2006, Brendan Halpin, Long Way Back, Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, page 67:
      The crutches on the bottom look like the Tiny Tim model, while the top sports stainless steel walkers and canes and a few crutches that look like they are made from the same stuff as fancy tennis rackets and golf clubs.
  2. (historical, military, countable) A United States rocket, used in World War II and the Korean War.

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