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Definition of Teensy

1. Adjective. (used informally) very small. "A wee tot"

Definition of Teensy

1. Adjective. (childish informal) tiny ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teensy

1. tiny [adj -SIER, -SIEST] - See also: tiny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teensy

Literary usage of Teensy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"Now and then he'd stick his hands down in his pockets an' rip out a oath. Then Jimmy's young wife come with her little teensy baby, an' set down by Jimmy, ..."

2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"She took hold of his wrist and looked again at the teensy thumb. "Wiggle it again," she said. He did. She giggled. "Imagine if you were like a worm. ..."

3. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"She took hold of his wrist and looked again at the teensy thumb. "Wiggle it again," she said. He did. She giggled. "Imagine if you were like a worm. ..."

4. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct by Bernard Burke (1866)
"4 June, 1698, Mess which period the title has remained aoam.awr. This teensy of Banif Is, however, now claimed by ..."

5. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1896)
"En when you had gone to bed I thinked 'til I couldn't sleep, So I jes' slipt to the window-blind en took a teensy weep. The moon was shining jes' as bright, ..."

6. Putnam's Magazine L (1910)
"Miss Fanny,' I sez, ' I'se knowed yo' sense de time when yo' wuz a teensy girl, and yo' Ma dun trus' me befo' yo' wuz married tuh de Doctor, and I 'lows as ..."

7. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"... it's lit with opaque globe lights and teensy clear Christmas bulbs wrapped around the palms and shrubs, creating a sort of oddball romantic atmosphere. ..."

8. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"Now and then he'd stick his hands down in his pockets an' rip out a oath. Then Jimmy's young wife come with her little teensy baby, an' set down by Jimmy, ..."

9. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"She took hold of his wrist and looked again at the teensy thumb. "Wiggle it again," she said. He did. She giggled. "Imagine if you were like a worm. ..."

10. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"She took hold of his wrist and looked again at the teensy thumb. "Wiggle it again," she said. He did. She giggled. "Imagine if you were like a worm. ..."

11. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct by Bernard Burke (1866)
"4 June, 1698, Mess which period the title has remained aoam.awr. This teensy of Banif Is, however, now claimed by ..."

12. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1896)
"En when you had gone to bed I thinked 'til I couldn't sleep, So I jes' slipt to the window-blind en took a teensy weep. The moon was shining jes' as bright, ..."

13. Putnam's Magazine L (1910)
"Miss Fanny,' I sez, ' I'se knowed yo' sense de time when yo' wuz a teensy girl, and yo' Ma dun trus' me befo' yo' wuz married tuh de Doctor, and I 'lows as ..."

14. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"... it's lit with opaque globe lights and teensy clear Christmas bulbs wrapped around the palms and shrubs, creating a sort of oddball romantic atmosphere. ..."

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