littlie

L1I1T1T1L1I1E1

noun

A small person or child.

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Meanings

nounlittlie (plural littlies)

plural littlies

  1. colloquialA small person or child.

    ‘Terrible hard job it was ta leave im, that time I took the two littlies up.’

    1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics, published 2012, page 55
    1 more example

    Auntie Marg was down from Magnet and me and Lee played cricket out the back with the littlies to get some air and keep them busy.

    2018, Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut, Picador UK Paperback edition 2018, p. 114

Origin

From little + -ie.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tillite
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APA

littlie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/littlie

MLA

“littlie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/littlie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “littlie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/littlie.

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