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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knee-high to a grasshopper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
knee-high- -to a -grasshop-per
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child

Questions

What does knee-high to a grasshopper mean?
short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child

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