little pitcher

noun

A child.

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Meanings

nounlittle pitcher (plural little pitchers)

plural little pitchers

  1. idiomaticin pluralA child.

    Thomas Gradgrind now presented Thomas Gradgrind to the little pitchers before him, who were to be filled so full of facts.

    1854, Charles Dickens, “chapter 2”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC
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    "Promise not to tell, or I shall be teased to death," she added, anxiously, entirely forgetting the two little pitchers gifted with eyes as well as ears, who had been watching the whole performance from afar.

    1875, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 15, in Eight Cousins

Origin

From the saying little pitchers have big ears.

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APA

little pitcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20pitcher

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“little pitcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20pitcher. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “little pitcher,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20pitcher.

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