little fellow

collocation in English

meaningsoflittleandfellow

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little
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪt.əl/us
/ˈlɪt̬.əl/
small in size ...
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fellow
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfel.əʊ/us
/ˈfel.oʊ/
informal
a man, used especially in the past by people in a higher ...
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(Definition oflittleandfellowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was onelittlefellowclimbing up one ladder, and another little chap climbing up the other.
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The manager of the firm, the son of a missionary, was batting against a tinylittlefellow—5 ft.
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There was something tragic in thatlittlefellowall dressed up.
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We challenged alittlefellowwho was carrying wet clay.
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Nobody can tell me that alittlefellowcannot make a provocation.
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The poorlittlefellowis torn between these two viewpoints.
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He is only alittlefellow, but he is trained to the last ounce.
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Perhaps he owes me alittlefellow-feeling in my present position tonight.
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We don't intend to go after thelittlefellowwho has bought some fireworks to set off for his children.
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The first is the case of alittlefellowwho had his hand taken off during the last war.
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The statement was definitely made that, if it clears thelittlefellowoff the road, then so much the better.
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Mylittlefellowof two and my daughter of five are charged half of what are very substantial air fares.
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As he told me the story, we were suddenly confronted with alittlefellowabout 14 years of age, only half our size.
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No doubt many aggrieved taxpayers will feel disposed to say that alittlefellowfeeling makes us wondrous kind, but what about the little fellow feeling in one's coat behind.
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Does that mean that if a big bully attacks alittlefellow, the constable sides with the bully even if the little fellow is right, because that preserves order?
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That this pest is a miserablelittlefellow, causing difficulty and worry to the leather industry as well as to the agricultural industry is an accepted thing.
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Thislittlefellowcan be used by others and, if he takes it into his head to break the law, you have great difficulty with him.
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Fancy ruling that out just because it shows thatlittlefellowin the fountain.
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In many trade associations it is the practice to say that the big fellow will pay more than thelittlefellowas his normal annual subscription.
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Brown, poorlittlefellow, saw his comrades going off for an excursion.
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