munch·kin

munch·kin
/ˈmʌnʧˌkın/ noun, pl -kins [count]
US informal : a child or small person

“What's wrong, munchkin?” she asked the toddler.

◇ The original Munchkins were a race of small people in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum. The 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz was based on this book.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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