small little
n.— «While Tom Bigler made his mark on the Wilkes community with an accumulation of “small littles,” George F. Ralston, affectionately known for years after his retirement simply as “The Dean,” is widely heralded as a giant whose shoes may never be filled by a single individual.» —“Wilkes bids farewell to University icons” by Nick Podolak in Wilkes University Beacon (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) Mar. 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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