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munchkin

Syllabification: (munch·kin)
Pronunciation: /ˈmənCHkin/

Definition of munchkin

noun

informal
  • a child or short person.

Origin:

from the Munchkins, depicted as a race of small childlike creatures, in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

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