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English
Etymology
From teeny + weeny.
Pronunciation
Adjective
teeny-weeny (comparative teeny-weenier, superlative teeny-weeniest)
- (colloquial, often childish or humorous) Very small; tiny; minuscule.
1855, Frank Forester, “The Wigwam in the Wilderness”, in W.C. Bryant et al., editors, Graham's American monthly magazine of literature, art, and fashion, volume 47, page 321:And she was allus a making teeny-weeny little night caps and flannel shirts...
1855, Which : the right, or the left?, page 500:"... Why, you were a little, teeny, weeny fellow then — the brightest and lovingest in all Enfield!"
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