dwarfish

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There was a little dwarfish, abortive, counter bank set up at Noirbourg this year: but the gentlemen soon disagreed among themselves; and, let us hope, were cut off in detail by the great Lenoir.

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  1. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; diminutive: as, a dwarfish animal; a dwarfish shrub.
  2. Slight; petty; despicable. The king… is well prepar'd To whip this dwarfish war, these pigmy arms, From out the circle of his territories. Shak., K. John, v. 2.

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