pip-squeak

See also: pipsqueak

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Sir Eric Geddes in a speech in December 1918 on German war reparations for World War 1: “We will get out of her all you can squeeze out of a lemon and a bit more. I will squeeze her until you can here the pips squeak.”

Noun

pip-squeak (plural pip-squeaks)

  1. (informal, somewhat derogatory) A small and insignificant person.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Italian: pisquano

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