Definition of "munchkin" [munchkin]

• A very small person. (noun)
• Informal A child. (noun)
• Informal A minor official. (noun)

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• "The first words out of the good witches mouth after the wicked witch disappears in munchkin land in a ball of red smoke."
• "I said I was happy to play a board game or something though so we played a game called munchkin (I think) the rules of which were a bit of mystery to me and hence I lost - though I did get to be an elf with a very long sword and have a chicken on my head (though apparently the chicken thing was a curse adn bad)."
• "The concept of me arriving for a conference without my happy little packages of notes and cards, without handling the arrangements for my beloved munchkin, is absurd."