pint-sized
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And he also voiced Punch Up, a pint-sized supervillain, in last year's critically acclaimed video game Dispatch.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Laura McVay, who works in palliative care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said the big cat snatched her brown 5½-year-old, pint-sized shih tzu named Declan around 11:30 p.m. mere “feet away from the door.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Admittedly, I was a terror, a pint-sized Krampus there to make the holidays that much more of a hassle.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025
While pint-sized pairs of trick-or-treaters donned glitzy dresses and Chiefs jerseys this Halloween, Owens transformed her outdoor display into a tribute.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Or perhaps it was her own much younger self, that pint-sized person whom she could never be again, whom she missed.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
