"little guy" meaning in All languages combined

See little guy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: little guys [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ Head templates: {{en-noun}} little guy (plural little guys)
  1. (military slang, dated) A Vietnamese man, particularly in the Vietnam War. Tags: dated, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-little_guy-en-noun-iriKoB2u Disambiguation of People: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 99 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 99 1 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. An underdog.
    Sense id: en-little_guy-en-noun-C7h0fX53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: little people

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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