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little people

[lit-l pee-puhl] / ˈlɪt l ˌpi pəl /
NOUN
(in folklore) small, humanlike beings
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However, Sian said she was surprised by how little people knew about stem cell donation.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

One way to understand how little people thought of these teams’ chances before the start of the season is through their preseason odds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

"I have the problem that it’s not Putin that persecuted me but those little people I lived in the same city with," she says.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

Most notably, the bandits, who were played by little people in the movie, led by the great David Rappaport and including Kenny Baker, the man inside R2-D2, are full-sized actors here.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

“I asked the alethiometer,” she told him, “and it said we shouldn’t try and escape from the little people, because they were going to save our lives. So maybe we’re stuck with ’em.”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman