pigmy
Example Sentences
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Harry fish-peddler, who looked like a pigmy in the ring with his 6-ft. yin. 270-lb. opponent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over Heidelberg, she cast her shadow on pigmy castles and at Stuttgart solemnly circled the grave of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
From Time Magazine Archive
They won, for example, when Congo, a pigmy elephant, tried to walk into Dr. Ditmars' office, got stuck in the doorway.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their hope was that they could hew him down to their own pigmy size, but he died while still towering over them, loved by millions, and respected by multitudes .
From Time Magazine Archive
They dwarfed the rig and team; she felt herself a pigmy by comparison.
From The Protector by Harold Bindloss
