hop-o'-my-thumb
hop-o'-my-thumb a dwarf, a pygmy; the original Hop o' my Thumb was the central character of a fairy story by Perrault, the minute youngest child of a poor faggot-maker who through his wit and daring saves his six elder (and larger) brothers from an ogre, and who steals the ogre's seven-league boots.
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