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English
Etymology
From little + -ie.
Noun
littlie (plural littlies)
- (colloquial) A small person or child.
1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics, published 2012, page 55:‘Terrible hard job it was ta leave im, that time I took the two littlies up.’
- 2018, Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut, Picador UK Paperback edition 2018, p. 114:
- Auntie Marg was down from Magnet and me and Lee played cricket out the back with the littlies to get some air and keep them busy.
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