half-pint

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half-pint

Any small, weak, and/or insignificant person. Alludes to a pint, a unit of liquid measurement. Don't go picking a fight with me, half-pint, or I'll knock you into next Tuesday! That new half-pint they hired as a CEO is totally incompetent.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wilky	-	Medieval English
Fishke	-	Yiddish
Bethney	-	English (Rare)
Onesimus	o-NES-i-məs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Appleby	['æplbi]
Kermit	KUR-mit	English