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pint-size

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Editorial note

Isn't the "pint-size startup" the status quo for the US?

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Alternative form of pint-sized. [(colloquial) Comparatively small in size.]

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adjective

Alternative form of pint-sized. [(colloquial) Comparatively small in size.]

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Example sentences

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Isn't the "pint-size startup" the status quo for the US?

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I'd understand an uproar against melamine labeled as milk etc being imported from China, but the concept that a pint-size country like NZ (population 5 million) with extremely expensive labor & shipping costs can "wreck" the dairy industry of a country of ~1.4 billion where the cost of labor is a rounding error is astonishing.

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Isn't the "pint-size startup" the status quo for the US?

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I'd understand an uproar against melamine labeled as milk etc being imported from China, but the concept that a pint-size country like NZ (population 5 million) with extremely expensive labor & shipping costs can "wreck" the dairy industry of a country of ~1.4 billion where the cost of labor is a rounding error is astonishing.

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How do you use pint-size in a sentence?

Isn't the "pint-size startup" the status quo for the US?

What does pint-size mean?

Alternative form of pint-sized. [(colloquial) Comparatively small in size.]

What part of speech is pint-size?

pint-size is commonly used as adjective.