Usage: usually capitalized both Ts
Etymology: from Tiny Tim, crippled little boy in the story A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens died 1870 English novelist
: a yellow-flowered prairie herb (Thymophylla aurea) of the family Compositae
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Tiny Tim [Tiny Tim]
a character in the story ↑A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. He is a ↑disabled little boy, the son of Bob Cratchit who works for ↑Scrooge. Tiny Tim speaks the famous last words at the happy ending of the story: ‘God bless Us, Every One’
Useful english dictionary. 2012.