little man
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]little man (plural little men)
- An ordinary man of no particular fame or accomplishment; especially, everyone who is an underdog by the nature of not being rich or powerful.
- Synonym: little guy
- Hypernym: underdog
- Near-synonym: common man
- Who's going to look out for the little man as insurers increasingly weasel out of paying claims?
- 1968, Randy Newman (lyrics and music), “The Beehive State”, in Randy Newman:
- Well Kansas is for the farmer
We stand behind the little man
And we need a firehouse in Topeka
So help us if you can
- (colloquial, endearing, term of address) A young boy.
- And how are you, my little man?
- Little man here is going to pour the milk himself. Watch how well he does it!
- (euphemistic) A man with dwarfism, or short stature resulting from a medical condition.
- Hypernym: little person
- (slang) The penis.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
Related terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “little man”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “little man n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present