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- noun Alternative spelling of
pygmy .
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Examples
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Bonobos also known as pigmy chimpanzees use heterosexual and homosexual sex to settle disagreements, engaging in such depraved acts as oral sex and "penis fencing."
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To be upset by such a pigmy was the height of mortification.
Driven From Home 1889
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To be upset by such a pigmy was the height of mortification.
Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience Horatio Alger 1865
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You came in with a roar, totally ignoring the Clinton agreement, then naming Iraq, Iran, and North Korea the Axis of Evil, and insulting Kim Il Jung as being a "pigmy".
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These are probably remnants of the "pigmy" pre-Dravidian or Negrito-Papuan element, which constituted the most ancient inhabitants of the island and who long ago were driven inland from the coveted coast.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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As Fred was the "pigmy" of the party his efforts were ridiculous, but they nevertheless served to remove a part of the tension under which all were laboring.
The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine Ross Kay 1917
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Elizabeth's "pigmy;" especially as Dr. Dale and himself had only half a red herring between them for luncheon, and supped afterwards upon an orange.
History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Elizabeth's "pigmy;" especially as Dr. Dale and himself had only half a red herring between them for luncheon, and supped afterwards upon an orange.
History of the United Netherlands, 1588a John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Elizabeth's "pigmy;" especially as Dr. Dale and himself had only half a red herring between them for luncheon, and supped afterwards upon an orange.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Elizabeth's "pigmy;" especially as Dr. Dale and himself had only half a red herring between them for luncheon, and supped afterwards upon an orange.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
bilby commented on the word pigmy
See pygmy.
October 21, 2008