half-pint



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half-pint

Any small, weak, and/or insignificant person. Alludes to a pint, a unit of liquid measurement. Don't go picking a fight with me, half-pint, or I'll knock you into next Tuesday! That new half-pint they hired as a CEO is totally incompetent.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JemJEMEnglish
JepJEPEnglish (Archaic)
Rheannaree-AN-əEnglish (Rare)
Vlatka-Croatian
Briannabree-AN-ə, bree-AHN-əEnglish
Mahalath-Biblical