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noun- An abnormally small person. Also: n animal or plant much below the normal size of its species or kind Also: A legendary manlike being of small stature usually misshapen and ugly and skilled as an artificer.

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  • Emperor that, according to law, the dwarfs were his subjects but not his slaves.
  • "They may have taken the idea of dwarfs from the real ones, as Rex said," thought Olive.
  • American Crossbills are notable for their small size, being considered and described as dwarfs of the family.
  • Lapps and Finns, the tiny little men of the north, whom one might very well describe as dwarfs; there might be dwarfs in these strange
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