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Tom Thumb

Definition of Tom Thumb

noun

  • 1 [usually as modifier] a dwarf variety of a cultivated flower or vegetable:Tom Thumb lettuce
  • 2a small wild flower, especially bird’s-foot trefoil.

Origin:

late 19th century: from the name of the hero of a children's story, a ploughman's son who was only as tall as his father's thumb

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