pipsqueak

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This was so whether the president was willing the downfall of a Democratic "pipsqueak," criticizing his own vice president for playing tennis or pressing South Vietnam to accept a peace deal that would leave it open to the communist takeover that followed.

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  • This was so whether the president was willing the downfall of a Democratic "pipsqueak," criticizing his own vice president for playing tennis or pressing South Vietnam to accept a peace deal that would leave it open to the communist takeover that followed. —  Latest Articles
  • Tagaq invokes the deep, guttural sound of a well-hairy man, then squeaks like a pipsqueak doll, then patches both sounds together in the same gullet. —  The Stirrer
  • Latvia is an economic pipsqueak, with just 2. 4m people. —  Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)
  • He can be biting on occasion, but only in mild, folksy language: he calls Nikita Khrushchev a "pipsqueak" and Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, a "screwball." —  Imagethief
  • In the public prints, I have been called a "pipsqueak," and a "self-important pipsqueak" at that.
 

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