weeny

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Fields; Theodore Roosevelt, who undermines his Rough Rider persona with a weeny, high voice; and William Howard Taft exhibiting his native Ohio’s warmish “r’s” and open vowels.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

After teeny Herm and weeny Sark, Alderney felt like a metropolis.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2015

In practice it generally means that a weeny notion hopes to gain weight by attaching itself to a mighty abstract.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2013

Viola Davis, 46, elicited a positive response when she wore her TWA, or "teeny weeny Afro," as the look is known, on the red carpet at the 2012 Academy Awards.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2012

It was the one thing Uncle Joe did for her that the little girl could hope was done because he loved her—“oh, a teeny, weeny mite!”

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore