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- adjective childish, informal  tiny 
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- adjective (used informally) very small
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Examples
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								The template doesn't actually do the Sudoko for you, of course; It's just supposed to be an alternative to pencilling in teensy numerals on the grid and then trying to erase errors w/o ripping the paper and making a big mess. What I Did Instead of Cleaning the Junk Room Today KaneCitizen 2005 
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								The template doesn't actually do the Sudoko for you, of course; It's just supposed to be an alternative to pencilling in teensy numerals on the grid and then trying to erase errors w/o ripping the paper and making a big mess. Archive 2005-12-01 KaneCitizen 2005 
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								P. S Nico – If you call the teensy Kilmeade/Levin exchange an “on-air scuffle”, you have obviously never been in or seen a “scuffle” Think Progress » VIDEO: Sen. Levin and Fox Anchor in On-Air Scuffle Over Iraq Plan 2006 
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								Lately, it seems I'm either at work, asleep, or on the phone with my current * ahem* love interest .. who is a sweetie but calls a teensy bit too much. elfpvke Diary Entry elfpvke 2007 
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								Hawk, cum on now, if we are going to have a teensy weensy mini debate we have to have time limits, you have to answer my question within a minute of me asking it, you big adorable lug. Think Progress » Virginians Buck Far-Right Policies Of McDonnell And Cuccinelli 2010 
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								She just says that it is to stamp out any teensy tiny remaining bastion of liberal thought this side of the Ronnie Reagan years. 
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								The results will surprise you and make you just a teensy bit angry when next the politicians start talking about Stage 3/4/etc. water restrictions for domestic users. 
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								The teensy power providers could eventually provide electricity for devices like watches, pacemakers and wireless sensors that monitor infrastructure. 
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								Your description reminded me a teensy bit of the Anne Perry book “Face of a Stranger,” which is of course nothing like the McGrath book in subject, but has a similar theme of the main character haunted by a past just out of his line of sight. Patrick McGrath’s ‘Trauma’ « Tales from the Reading Room 2009 
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								Hawk second question for our teensy weensy mini debate: Think Progress » Virginians Buck Far-Right Policies Of McDonnell And Cuccinelli 2010 
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