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Definition of Teenty

1. tiny [adj TEENTIER, TEENTIEST] - See also: tiny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teenty

Literary usage of Teenty

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

1. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1867)
"THERE was a little boy whose mother used to caH teenty. She called him teenty because he "was so SB He was not quite four years old. ..."

2. Golspie: Contributions to Its Folklore by Edward Williams Byron Nicholson (1897)
"... teenty.1 And he has another (p. 102) identical with AG's except that the strange words are ' Hickety, pickety' and that ' every day ' takes the place ..."

3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1906)
"There was a stove—a teenty, tonty mite of a one, kitty-cat—with dishes just ... The first thing that little girl did was to make some teenty mites of ..."

4. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1871)
"Yes. Come. There's the shop. CELIA. Will you let me taste ? ANNIE. I guess so, if you won't taste very big. CELIA. I won't take but just a little teenty, ..."

5. Cathcart's Youth's Speaker: Selections in Prose, Poetry, and Dialogues, for by George Rhett Cathcart (1872)
"Celia. Will you let me taste ? Annie. I guess so, if you won't taste very big. Celia. I won't take but just a little teenty, ..."

6. Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations by Jacob W. Shoemaker, R. W. Shoemaker, C. C. Shoemaker (1905)
"There was a stove—a teenty tonty mite of a one, kitty-cat,—with dishes just ... And the first thing that little girl did was to make some teenty mites of ..."

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