little woman
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, womanUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, woman.
» A little old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane.
Маленькая старушка провалила ограбление, огрев злодея по голове своей тростью. — shanghainese
Старенька жіночка невисокого зросту запобігла пограбуванню, вдаривши злодія по голові своєю тростиною. — deniko
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, woman.
(informal)A wife.
(euphemistic)A female person with dwarfism, or short stature resulting from a medical condition.
Examples
4 sentencesA little old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane.
Старенька жіночка невисокого зросту запобігла пограбуванню, вдаривши злодія по голові своєю тростиною. — deniko
ruМаленькая старушка провалила ограбление, огрев злодея по голове своей тростью. — shanghainese
Mennad has learned a little about women.
She knocked, and the door was opened by a little middle-aged woman who held a hot flatiron in one hand.
Mrs. Screed was a mousey, anxious little woman.
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: little women| Singular | little woman |
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irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.